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A Bandwidth-Conserving Architecture For Crawling Virtual Worlds, Dipesh Gautam
A Bandwidth-Conserving Architecture For Crawling Virtual Worlds, Dipesh Gautam
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit via avatars. Content in virtual worlds such as Second Life or OpenSimulator is increasingly presented using three-dimensional (3D) dynamic presentation technologies that challenge traditional search technologies. As 3D environments become both more prevalent and more fragmented, the need for a data crawler and distributed search service will continue to grow. By increasing the visibility of content across virtual world servers in order to better collect and integrate the 3D data we can also improve the crawling and searching efficiency and accuracy by avoiding crawling unchanged regions …
Gesture Based Home Automation For The Physically Disabled, Alexander Hugh Nelson
Gesture Based Home Automation For The Physically Disabled, Alexander Hugh Nelson
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Paralysis and motor-impairments can greatly reduce the autonomy and quality of life of a patient while presenting a major recurring cost in home-healthcare. Augmented with a non-invasive wearable sensor system and home-automation equipment, the patient can regain a level of autonomy at a fraction of the cost of home nurses. A system which utilizes sensor fusion, low-power digital components, and smartphone cellular capabilities can extend the usefulness of such a system to allow greater adaptivity for patients with various needs. This thesis develops such a system as a Bluetooth enabled glove device which communicates with a remote web server to …