The traditional satellite-based connectivity available to crew members and passengers on-board sailing vessels fails to cater for today’s user’s needs. People are equipped with powerful mobile devices and thus expect ubiquitous connectivity. Terrestrial solutions for long range wireless communication can potentially be employed in extending Internet connectivity to seaborne vessels. The potential applications of such…
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Being able to report an event and provide accurate location information is vital and through modern mobile devices this data is readily available. It also allows the authorities to utilize crowdsourcing in verifying user reports and estimating the extent of emergency incidents. Moreover, as many more communication methods are available to users nowadays, Next Generation…
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People with disabilities face many issues when it comes to accessing parking spaces reserved for their exclusive use. Working towards a more inclusive society and taking advantage of Internet of Things technologies we designed and developed DisAssist, a system that assists people with disabilities in finding currently vacant spots and even reserving a spot. The…
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Smart cities invest in high quality of life and speculate on some general principles that make them more progressive and inclusive. Networked infrastructures facilitating M2M and mobile communications are used to improve economic and political efficiency and enable social, cultural and urban development. Our goal is to investigate existing technologies and applications and build new…
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