In the domain of sign language recognition from video, most approaches try to segment and track the hands and head of the signer in a first step and subsequently extract a feature vector from these regions [1, 2]. Because of possible occlusions between the hands and the head of the signer, noise, or brisk movements, segmentation can be difficult. Many approaches therefore use special data acqui...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse empirical studies regarding the use of digital talking books (DAISY books) as well as the possibilities and limitations that users with print disabilities encounter when using these books. Upon fulfilment of this purpose, it is also possible to identify research needs in the area of talking books. Design/methodology/approach: An analysis of 12 em...

EIC Editorial J.E. Colgate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 SPECIAL SECTION ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS Guest Editorial for Special Section on Consumer Electronics D. Grant, S. Choi, and R. Moeller ....................................................................

In this paper we introduce a dynamic system approach to the design of multimodal interactive systems. We use an example where we support human behavior in browsing a document, by adapting the dynamics of navigation and the visual feedback (using a focus-in-context (F+C) method) to support the current inferred task. We also demonstrate non-speech audio feedback, based on a language model. We arg...

In the context of ubiquitous data capture and the politics of control, there is growing individual and managerial interest in ‘pulse’, both in the literal sense of arterial pulse (now monitored through wearable technology) and in a metaphorical sense of real-time tracking (for instance taking the ‘pulse of an organisation’). This article uses the category of ‘pulse’ to explore post-Fordism as a...

In this paper, a novel approach to the characterization of structural damage in civil structures is presented. Structural damage often results in subtle changes to structural stiffness and damping properties that are manifested by changes in the location of transfer function characteristic equation roots (poles) upon the complex plane. Using structural response time-history data collected from ...

Operation DESERT STORM saw the logistical movement of the equivalent of the entire city of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from the United States to Saudi Arabia. While impressive in scope, there were many inefficiencies and limitations highlighted during this operation. One of the foremost limitations was in the area of cargo management and identification. The United States Army, perhaps the Air Force...

Recent advances in top-down mass spectrometry enabled identification of intact proteins, but this technology still faces challenges. For example, top-down mass spectrometry suffers from a lack of sensitivity since the ion counts for a single fragmentation event are often low. In contrast, nanopore technology is exquisitely sensitive to single intact molecules, but it has only been successfully ...

Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) is the technology responsible to hide the identification of Internet users, whereas network forensics is a technology responsible to reveal the identification of Internet users who perform illegal actions through the Internet. The paper identifies the collision of these opposite-goal technologies and describes what happens in case they come across. Can a Netwo...