2019 Disruptive Technology & Digital Cities Summit

This year, the summit on June 3rd and 4th will focus is on “Crossing the Data Layer Through Mobility,” and will look at how new advances in material sciences, robotics, electric cars, cyber-security, autonomous vehicles, and artificial intelligence will impact the exchange of data to create new insights in urban settings.

Coordinating Expert Flash Teams on the Biological Internet of Things

From The Theme POTENTIAL, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could enable remote team workers to leverage the Internet of Things for collaboration? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO This project set out to improve our understanding of coordination and collaboration in geographically distributed project teams with a specific focus on the requirements […]

Interaction Using Situated Spatial Gestures

From The Theme
 KNOWLEDGE WORKER PRODUCTIVITY WHAT IF What if we could improve interfaces for context, comprehension and human-machine performance, in order to develop machines that could sense and respond to people’s movements and behaviors? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to improve human-machine interaction by enabling machines to detect and respond […]

Eye Tracking as an Augmented Input

From The Theme MOBILE AND ALTERNATIVE FORM FACTOR DEVICES WHAT IF What if eye tracker and eye-gaze information could be used to help your devices know where you are looking and what your attention is on? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to study the viability of using eye-gaze information to augment […]

High Dynamic Range Image Capture and Display

From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could develop methods to transform a full range of captured image data into a high-value display for human processing? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop devices to capture, store and display a high dynamic range of image data, with […]

High Speed 3D Shape Digitization Using Projected Light Patterns

From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could quickly determine and track the 3D shape of a moving or deforming object? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to address one of the central problems in computer vision – the ability digitize an object at high speed. Rapid digitization […]

Force Input Device for Graphical Environment Tweaking (FIDGET)

From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could provide natural interactions with 3D environments? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop a handheld physical input device that would allow designers to use their dexterity—the whole hand, both hands, perhaps even the whole body— in interacting with graphical […]

Making SENS: Science Education Networks of Sensors

From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could better understand how environmental sensor networks could be used for learning and education? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to convene a workshop on how environmental sensor networks could be used for learning and educational purposes at the pre-college and […]

Blind Navigator

From The Theme SENSING AND COMPUTING WHAT IF What if we could use assistive technology to significantly increase the mobility and independence of those who are blind or visually impaired? WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO We set out to develop, build and test a portable system that facilitates navigation by blind people. Like the […]