Search Results - "Starner, Thad"

Using GPS to learn significant locations and predict movement across multiple users by Ashbrook, Daniel, Starner, Thad

“…Wearable computers have the potential to act as intelligent agents in everyday life and to assist the user in a variety of tasks, using context to determine…”
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Wearable vibrotactile stimulation for upper extremity rehabilitation in chronic stroke: clinical feasibility trial using the VTS Glove by Seim, Caitlyn E, Wolf, Steven L, Starner, Thad E

“…Evaluate the feasibility and potential impacts on hand function using a wearable stimulation device (the VTS Glove) which provides mechanical, vibratory input…”
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Proprioceptively displayed interfaces: aiding non-visual on-body input through active and passive touch by Zeagler, Clint, Presti, Peter, Mynatt, Elizabeth, Starner, Thad, Jackson, Melody Moore

“…On-body input interfaces that can be used accurately without visual attention could have a wide range of applications where vision is needed for a primary…”
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Design of a wearable vibrotactile stimulation device for individuals with upper-limb hemiparesis and spasticity by Seim, Caitlyn E., Ritter, Brandon, Starner, Thad E., Flavin, Kara, Lansberg, Maarten G., Okamura, Allison M.

“…Vibratory stimulation may improve post-stroke symptoms such as spasticity; however, current studies are limited by the large, clinic-based apparatus used to…”
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25 Years of ISWC: Time Flies When You're Having Fun by Martin, Tom, Starner, Thad, Siewiorek, Dan, Kunze, Kai, Van Laerhoven, Kristof, Amft, Oliver, Laerhoven, Kristof Van

“…Much has changed in the landscape of wearables research since the first International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) was organized in 1997. The…”
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Activity Recognition of Assembly Tasks Using Body-Worn Microphones and Accelerometers by Ward, J.A., Lukowicz, P., Troster, G., Starner, T.E.

“…In order to provide relevant information to mobile users, such as workers engaging in the manual tasks of maintenance and assembly, a wearable computer…”
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Pervasive Computing and Autism: Assisting Caregivers of Children with Special Needs by Kientz, J.A., Hayes, G.R., Westeyn, T.L., Starner, T., Abowd, G.D.

“…Pervasive computing technologies can support children with autism and their caregivers. Work continues on systems that aid record collection and analysis,…”
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Quantifying canine interactions with smart toys assesses suitability for service dog work by Byrne, Ceara, Starner, Thad, Jackson, Melody

“…There are approximately a half million active service dogs in the United States, providing life-changing assistance and independence to people with a wide…”
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A Wideband, Quasi-Isotropic, Kilometer-Range FM Energy Harvester for Perpetual IoT by Jung, Eui Min, Cui, Yepu, Lin, Tong-Hong, He, Xuanke, Eid, Aline, Hester, Jimmy G. D., Abowd, Gregory D., Starner, Thad E., Lee, Wang-Sang, Tentzeris, Manos M.

“…Unlike conventional energy harvesters that are tuned to individual frequencies and are directional, the proposed wideband (23% fractional bandwidth),…”
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Flexible computational photodetectors for self-powered activity sensing by Zhang, Dingtian, Fuentes-Hernandez, Canek, Vijayan, Raaghesh, Zhang, Yang, Li, Yunzhi, Park, Jung Wook, Wang, Yiyang, Zhao, Yuhui, Arora, Nivedita, Mirzazadeh, Ali, Do, Youngwook, Cheng, Tingyu, Swaminathan, Saiganesh, Starner, Thad, Andrew, Trisha L., Abowd, Gregory D.

“…Conventional vision-based systems, such as cameras, have demonstrated their enormous versatility in sensing human activities and developing interactive…”
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Imitation of Computer-Generated Sounds by Wild Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis) by Herzing, Denise, Pack, Adam, Delfour, Fabienne, Starner, Thad, Mason, Celeste, Gilliland, Scott, Ramey, Charles, Kohlsdorf, Daniel

“…Since 1985 a community of wild Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) have been observed underwater in the Bahamas. A human-worn, acoustic underwater…”
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Bioacoustics-Based Human-Body-Mediated Communication by Cheng Zhang, Hersek, Sinan, Yiming Pu, Danrui Sun, Qiuyue Xue, Starner, Thad E., Abowd, Gregory D., Inan, Omer T.

“…An acoustics-based method can utilize the human body as a communication channel to propagate information across different devices. The proposed system can…”
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Monitoring children’s developmental progress using augmented toys and activity recognition by Westeyn, Tracy L., Abowd, Gregory D., Starner, Thad E., Johnson, Jeremy M., Presti, Peter W., Weaver, Kimberly A.

“…Previous research has established the connection between the way in which children interact with objects and the potential early identification of children…”
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Two-Way Communication between Working Dogs and Their Handlers by Byrne, Ceara, Kerwin, Ryan, Zuerndorfer, Jay, Gilliland, Scott, Guo, Zehua, Jackson, Melody, Starner, Thad E.

“…The Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations (FIDO) project in the Animal Interaction Lab at Georgia Tech aims to facilitate communication between…”
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Project Glass: An Extension of the Self by Starner, Thad

“…Soon, Google Glass will be worn by many users as part of the Glass Explorers Program. However, to get to this point, Google first hired many of the academics…”
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Discovering Characteristic Actions from On-Body Sensor Data by Minnen, D., Starner, T., Essa, M., Isbell, C.

“…We present an approach to activity discovery, the unsupervised identification and modeling of human actions embedded in a larger sensor stream. Activity…”
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Methods for discovering models of behavior: A case study with wild Atlantic spotted dolphins by Kohlsdorf, Daniel, Herzing, Denise, Starner, Thad

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A wearable vibration glove for improving hand sensation in persons with Spinal Cord Injury using Passive Haptic Rehabilitation by Estes, Tanya, Backus, Deborah, Starner, Thad

“…We define Passive Haptic Rehabilitation (PHR) as an improvement in haptic sensations or abilities using methods which require little or no attention on the…”
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How Wearables Worked their Way into the Mainstream by Starner, Thad

“…Thad Starner, who has been wearing a "homebrew" computer with a head-up display as part of his daily life since 1993, discusses why it has taken so long for…”
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Wearable Computing: The New Dress Code [Guest editors' introduction] by Starner, Thad, Martin, Tom

“…The articles in this special section focus on the new era of wearable computing technologies. Technology's presence on the body expands our capabilities and…”
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