Yesterday brought an inspiring talk by Jun Rekimoto, the director of the Interaction Lab at Sony CSL and Professor at the University of Tokyo. The topic of the talk was Sensonomy, a new term coined by Jun which fuses Folksonomy with wireless sensor networks. The basic idea behind Sensonomy is to integrate the virtual and …
Category Archive: Navigation
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11
Jan
27
KLAS Navigation Video Demo
As you may know, Mark Taipan and I have been working on our KLAS Project. Recently we created a quick video demonstrating the KLAS Navigation system. Here it is: Matt
Nov
04
KLAS Infrastructure
In our last post Mark explained the software components and structure of KLAS (Kingsbury Location Awareness Systems). These components allow the system to take in data from an external source, estimate the user’s location (more on this in a minute) and then utilize that data to provide both navigation and tour guide capabilities. The location …
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Oct
27
Navigation aids and driving performance
Probably everybody has at least some experience with the GPS-based personal navigation aids. They usually provide directions using voice prompts and information displayed on LCD screens. While such devices appear to be less distracting to use than paper directions, in-car displays may distract drivers from their primary task, driving. In order to assess how different …
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May
06
Smart Routing
If you haven’t heard by now Microsoft’s http://maps.live.com has updated their routing algorithm to account for traffic. Check the box next to “Choose route based on traffic” to recalculated a route with traffic added into the equation. The technology behind this is called Clearflow. Microsoft’s Adaptive Systems and Interaction group has created traffic models to …
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Apr
21
Field testing in-car navigation and the Project54 handheld application
Last week, Lieutenant Mark Liebl of the NH State Police started testing new versions of the Project54 navigation application and the Project54 handheld application. Jon Oppelaar installed a USB GPS unit (GlobalSat BU-353) in Mark’s cruiser. This unit performs significantly better than an older GPS unit that was intalled several years ago, and it will …
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Mar
01
Project54 topic of Speech Technology Magazine article
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by Andrew Kun
The January/February 2008 issue of Speech Technology Magazine has an article on Project54. The primary subject is the Project54 speech user interface. It’s a fun read. The article includes interesting quotes from Project54′s Bill Lenharth and from Lieutenant Mark Liebl of the New Hampshire State Police (NHSP). Mark has been involved in formulating requirements for …
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Feb
13
Using your own voice in navigation software – YourPND
Check out YourPND.com – they’re marketing a service that allows you to record your own navigation instructions to be used by a commercial navigation device. You can also have your spouse, a friend, or whoever else record the instructions. The service is currently only available in Dutch with an English version coming. In his book …
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