There have been developed many guide systems using location information. But most systems have a one-way communication system. We have developed a prototype universal two-way communication guide system, which was named The Forbidden City Explorer. This system has real-time information sharing functions including image data, chatting, and mutual location information. It gives priority to shared ...

Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) based polymers are attractive for applications for artificial muscles, high energy density storage devices etc. Recently these polymers have been found great potential for being used as actuators for refreshable full-page Braille displays for visually impaired people in terms of light weight, miniaturized size, and larger displacement, compared with currently us...

The World Wide Web provides information for most tourist locations and thus has enormous influence on tourists’ decisions. However, Web applications rarely support all phases of tour planning. The city of Görlitz offers website visitors an opportunity to plan individual city tours in advance by specifying personal interests and tour preferences. Using this information, the system creates a pers...

The Multi Trip Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Release Dates is a variant of the Multi Trip Vehicle Routing Problem where a time windows is associated with each customer and a release date is associated with each merchandise to be delivered at a certain client. The release date represents the moment the merchandise becomes available at the depot for final delivery. The problem is ...

 Abstract— Smart city [1] planning is crucial as it should balance among resources and the needs of the city .It allows to achieve good eco-friendly industries, there by supporting both the nature and the stake holders. Setting up an industry is a difficult problem, because it should optimize the resources and allocating it in an effective manner. Weighted sum approach [2] uses the spatial dat...

In an era of intense “entrepreneurial” city marketing, overt attempts to court LGBT consumers and investors have been made not solely through the promotion of lesbian and gay arts festivals, pride celebrations and “specialised” cultural events, but also through “mainstream” mega-events. This paper explores this with reference to London’s 2012 Olympics, an event which welcomed LGBT spectators, v...

Senior Citizen in Jambi Province has approached 10% which is the demographic limit of aging population. The Provincial Government Medium-Term Development Plan a strategic program for Elderly Village. Village or does not yet have clear concept document. In this regard, research conducted to offer planning (friendly) so that it can be applied development Province. line with eleventh Sustainable G...