MEDIACUP
May 11th, 2012 | Published in Research
The MediaCup is an ordinary coffee cup augmented with sensing, processing and communication capabilities (integrated in the cup’s bottom), to collect and communicate general context information in a given environment. It is an example how to equip everyday objects with computing and communication capabilities. With the MediaCup setup (consisting of several cups and other equipment) we explored the added value of computerized everyday objects. The projects develops a proprietary ultra-low power infrared based communication system, a location aware routing mechanism, a hybrid location system and gains insight to user behaviour of everyday objects performing various studies.
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Selected Publications
(2001) MediaCups: Experience with Design and Use of Computer-Augmented Everyday Artifacts, Computer Networks, Special Issue on Pervasive Computing, Elsevier 35(4), p. 401-409, New York, NY, USA: Elsevier North-Holland, Inc., pdf
(2000) Adding Some Smartness to Devices and Everyday Things, WMCSA 00 Proceedings of the Third IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications WMCSA00, p. 3, IEEE Computer Society
(2000) Sensor-Based Context-Awareness for Situated Computing, url
(1999) The MediaCup : Awareness Technology embedded in an Everyday Object, Cognitive Science, p. 308-310, pdf
(1999) There is more to context than location, Computers & Graphics 23(6), p. 893-901, Elsevier, url, doi:10.1016/S0097-8493(99)00120-X
Start/End:
1998-2005
Research Topics:
Activity recognition, Location models, location systems, ultra-low-power hardware, embedded interaction, user studies in Ubicomp environments, location aware communication protocols
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Prototype