As flying, camera-bearing drones get smaller and lighter, they increasingly choke on the common ciphers as they interpret their commands, and send back their footage. New paradigm cryptography allows for minimum power, adjustable randomness security to step in, and enable this emerging technology to spy, follow, track, and detect. E.g.: to find survivors in a collapsed structure. We describe he...

In the context of cultural computing, we created a mixed reality environment that influences user affect and evokes predefined user behaviour. The theoretical challenge is applying persuasive design to virtual and augmented reality. Based on begin of the story ‘Alice’s in adventures in Wonderland’ users play the role of the character Alice in a park scene (the first stage out of a total of six)...

There is growing recognition that interactions with nature provide many desirable human well-being outcomes, yet increasing urbanization is degrading the quality and quantity of nature experiences. Thus, it has become increasingly important to understand how and why urban dwellers interact with nature. Studies of urban green space use have largely focused on the availability and ease of access ...

Historically, traffic on the Denali Park Road has been limited in order to protect wildlife and improve visitor experience. The Denali Park Road is one example of a park roadway facing increasing visitation and pressure to change or defend the current limits on traffic. To respond to such pressures, park and protected area managers need a greater understanding of the impacts of traffic volume a...

At a time when many public park and recreational programs are required by local governments to be financially self-sustaining, it is critical for planners design new development with the end-user in mind. Feasibility studies often either do not examine user preferences or use Likert-type surveys investigate features isolation without evaluating trade-offs from financial finite space limitations...

In 2015, an estimated 38,300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured in motor vehicle crashes in the US alone, with damage costs exceeding $400 billion.1 In contrast, there were no commercial aviation fatalities and 136 civil aviation deaths in the US in 2015.2 More than 90 percent of auto accidents result from human impairment such as drunk driving or road rage, errant pedestrians, or just ...