Monday, February 10, 2003

Wired Firefighters. We are developing a context-aware emergency response system that provides effective support to victims and rescue workers. In particular, we will focus on addressing the following questions: Context-aware decision support: how to provide victims and rescue workers real-time context information, from both sensors and other human-beings, in a form that is adapted to the human decision-maker’s thought processes. Novel interaction techniques: how to provide victims and rescue workers usable interaction techniques so that they can obtain effective assistance without being distracted or having to learn Survivability by design: how to better design interactions and coherent response strategies to achieve survivability for humans in emergencies Privacy and safety: how to protect individual privacy in normal situations while still maintaining the ability to support emergencies effectively [Smart Mobs] 7:27:10 PM    comment []

Digital Needle is a virtual grammaphone open source program that converts scanned--yes, scanned--vinyl records into audio. Rip this! [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 7:25:03 PM    comment []