Mlitch21

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Name: Michael Litchfield
Date registered: July 26, 2011

Latest posts

  1. Multitouch Interaction for Tasking Robot — April 27, 2010
  2. Green Pod:Parking for Bicycles — April 22, 2010
  3. Memory Resistor — April 15, 2010
  4. NEC-HFES 2009 — November 20, 2009
  5. Posters at Ubicomp 2009 — October 9, 2009

Most commented posts

  1. Large Multi-Touch Display in City Center — 4 comments
  2. Bimanual Pen and Direct Touch Interaction — 3 comments
  3. Microsoft's Vision — 2 comments
  4. Posters at Ubicomp 2009 — 2 comments
  5. NEC-HFES 2009 — 2 comments

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Apr
27

Multitouch Interaction for Tasking Robot

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I found a paper the other day, which utilizes a multitouch interface for controlling and communicating with tasking robots. The device used is a Dell tablet PC, which is mobile enough for the in-field application. The application allows the user to choose a robot and specify a task: go to X, perform reconnaissance, or cross …

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Apr
22

Green Pod:Parking for Bicycles

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As we’ve entered a time where the population is extremely energy aware, we continue to look for new and better ways to conserve for the environment’s sake. I’ve come across an article on the Green Pod, which is a housing unit for bicycles. For many workers, a bicycle provides a reasonable way to get to …

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Apr
15

Memory Resistor

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A memory resistor or memristor, is a controllable resistor that stores information it has acquired, hence the memory part. The memristor is a combination of resistors, capacitors, and inductors. It is on the cutting edge of memory, but it has now been found that the memristor may also be able to perform logic functions. This …

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Nov
20

NEC-HFES 2009

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Last Friday, a few of us from P54 attended a day long student conference geared towards human factors and ergonomics. The conference was very interesting, showcasing about 20 presentations dealing with various fields. Three of us from P54 (only ones from NH) gave presentations on our current research. I gave my presentation on our research …

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Oct
09

Posters at Ubicomp 2009

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This summer, Oskar, Ankit, Professor Kun, and I had a poster submission accepted at the Ubicomp 2009 conference. Unfortunately Ankit could not make it, since he was back in India for school. The rest of us and Zeljko attended the conference. During the conference, there was a 2 hour period where Posters, Videos, and Demos were …

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Sep
23

Are Cell Phones Safe?

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Cell phones are one of the most widely used technology on this planet today. Most people in the world access the internet right on their cell phone, rather than on a computer. But the question still echos, are cell phones safe, even today? The answer is not clear. Research has been going on for more …

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Aug
12

Microsoft's Vision

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Microsoft is either loved or hated by most of society these days. But no matter where you stand on the company, you have to agree that the vision they show in the video below is amazing, and displays great contributions to society. The video is an envisioned future of 2019, just ten years ahead. It’s …

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Aug
05

New Robot Suit in Tokyo

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In this article from MSNBC.com, the Associated Press explains how Cyberdyne, a Japanese Robotics company has been showing off their newly designed rehabilitation suit. The HAL (hybrid assistive limb) is aimed to help those with weak leg muscles and mobility issues in daily life. It has sensors that read brain signals directing limb movement through …

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Aug
04

Towards Storytelling with Geotagged Photos on a Multitouch Display

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For the majority summer, the bulk of my work on the multi-touch table has been working with Ankit and Oskar on the Google Earth application, in which we have overlayed geotagged photos with additional orientation data as 3-D models. We have added the ability to control the Google Earth application with the multi-touch table using …

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Jul
22

Large Multi-Touch Display in City Center

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I came across this research paper on ACM. The CityWall project places a multitouch screen on a shop window for people passing by to interact with. The study focuses on the ways the users approach, participate and interact with the display in public. Specifically, they looked at the dynamics of the approach (noticing the display,stepwise …

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