Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer augmented environments: back to the real world
Triangles: tangible interface for manipulation and exploration of digital information topography
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
DataTiles: a modular platform for mixed physical and graphical interactions
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Assemblies of heterogeneous technologies at the neonatal intensive care unit
AmI'07 Proceedings of the 2007 European conference on Ambient intelligence
Palpability support demonstrated
EUC'07 Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on Embedded and ubiquitous computing
LinkLights: a modular, user adaptable system to support rehabilitation practices
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
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This paper describes the design process of a modular system for supporting physical and cognitive rehabilitation in the swimming pool. In such an environment, the therapist is called to creatively adapt rehabilitation protocols to the enhanced ability of the patients, often reacting to emerging behaviours enabled by the water. Therefore a strong technological requirement for such environment is to develop a modular system that can be configured and modified "on the fly" during the activity, exploiting the therapeutic properties of the water. To satisfy such a requirement the system of Active Surfaces has been developed. It consists of a number of position aware floating units, called tiles, able to communicate each other and to provide visual, acoustic and tactile feedback. By combining the different tiles the therapist can easily configure the dedicated tasks for the various typology of patients. The concept has been developed following the Palpable Computing approach, an innovative design paradigm complementing key features of ambient computing, such as invisibility and end-user composition of devices, with dual features (e.g., visibility and decomposition) that enable users to navigate, configure and influence the computing system.