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Showing 1 to 20 of 1228 for “"Phone"”.
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Kerberos phone secure messenger
… authentication protocol to run on mobile phones and builds a novel Kerberos Secure Phone Messenger (KSPM) on top of the protocol. Moreover, the Kerberos network authentication protocol provides user authentication and message privacy with the convenience of secret key cryptography. Such an …
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The face of the phone: studies of public and private mobile-phone use
… which explore the social impact of the mobile phone on the public and private spheres. Study One focuses upon the interaction management strategies used by people in public contexts: singles; groups; dyads; indoor; and outdoor locations and shows that interaction management strategies are …
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PoT: bridging IoT with phone technology
The ”Phone of Things” (PoT) introduces an innovative integration of IoT systems with the widely available telephone network infrastructure. It repurposes underused home landlines and existing communication servers, weaving them into the IoT fabric. By transforming IoT devices into SIP endpoints …
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Phone Confusion Analysis and Its Applications
Finding noise-robust perceptual features was the motivation for the quantitative confusion analysis developed in this study, but it is not the only application. Confusion analysis has a wide range of human and machine related applications. Three such applications for hearing impaired listeners, …
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On emerging ecosystems in the mobile phone industry : an evaluation of current and emerging mobile phone ecosystems
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2013.
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Phone virtual environment for RC assistive robot
… with human. An assistive robot with an Android phone controller needed since smart phones nowadays are used almost by everyone. This assistive robot controller does not require much effort from the user, just needs moving a finger to control them. This project uses SolidWorks and Processing in …
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A data analysis system for mobile phone
… thesis shows the experiment of using the mobile phone application Social Health Tracker to collect participants' mobile phone data and survey answers regarding their social, physical activity and mental concentration level. It also shows the design and the implementation of a Data Analysis System …
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Probabilistic models for mobile phone trajectory estimation
… First, it consumes significant power on mobile phones, making it impractical for continuous monitoring. Second, it does not work indoors. This dissertation develops two ways to address these limitations: (a) subsampling GPS to save energy, and (b) using alternatives to GPS such as WiFi …
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Consuming Talk: Youth Culture and the Mobile Phone
The growth in mobile phone use over the past decade and the commensurate advent of mobile phone culture can be seen as interrelated with contemporary youth culture. This thesis addresses how young people make use of the mobile phone in their everyday lives, and how these practices demonstrate forms …
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Smart-phone-based electrochemical sensor for environmental applications
We demonstrated a mobile phone sensing platform, MoboSens, with integrated plug-n-play microelectronic ionic sensor that performs electrochemical measurement by using audio jack of a smart phone. This platform was used to measure nitrate concentration using a few microliter liquid samples on field …
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Mobile phone-based evaluation of talent tuberculosis infection
… a 3D printed induration and an HTC One smartphone to capture images. In this accuracy test, the developed screening tool was found to measure indurations more accurately than current measurement methods, as indicated by the lower standard deviation produced. An experiment to simulate …
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Cell phone location data for travel behavior analysis
Mobile phone technology generates vast amounts of data at low costs all over the world. This rich data provides digital traces when and where individuals travel, improving our ability to understand, model, and predict human mobility. Especially in this era of rapid urbanization, mobile phone data …
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“Can you just put your phone away?”: The effects of cell phone use on face-to-face conflict in romantic relationships
… interactions is by the presence or use of cell phones during conflict interactions. There is empirical evidence for a “mere presence” effect of cell phones on FtF interactions, such that the presence of cell phones is dissatisfying. Existing perspectives also suggest that individuals may be …
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Quantifying Urban Social Well-Being using Mobile Phone Data
… of new type of data sources, such as mobile phone usage datasets. To this end, first we build up a tool to identify security related incidents from a country, which unstable political conditions held. Then we trace the formulas of healthy societies with examples from both developing and …
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INVESTIGATION OF SMALL ANTENNAS FOR PERSONAL HANDY PHONE USE
… three types of small antennas for personal handy phone (PHP) use have been designed and analyzed using the Numerical Electromagnetics Code (NEC). First is the Modified Transmission Line Antenna (MTLA). It can provide a good impedance matching to 50Q at a very broad frequency band by selecting the …
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Social Isolation and Cell Phone Use by College Students
… our technologically ever-advancing world, cell phones can either help us remain socially connected or can contribute to social isolation by substituting for face-to-face contact. This study examines the levels of social isolation in terms of the state of loneliness and trait of shyness and their …
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Image processing for biological experiments on a mobile phone
Smartphone capabilities have been expanding rapidly since Apple Inc. introduced the iPhone in early 2007. Today’s smartphones offer decent computational power, good internet connectivity and high- pixel-count cameras. In this thesis, we leverage these resources in novel ways, using a smartphone …
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Semi-autonomous mobile phone communication avatar for enhanced interaction
… advantage of the present technology in cellular phones and to enhance the presence of phone user in a remote location, the process of designing the MeBot is started. The MeBot is designed to be a semiautonomous robot that is aimed to embody the other side of the phone conversation in a more …
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