Van de week kreeg ik in mijn klushuis in de Bijlmer bezoek over de vloer: een onderzoekster uit het verre São Paulo die samen met collega’s aan een project over zel ouw werkt. Wie aan zel ouw in Brazilië denkt, komt al snel uit op de favela’s en het valt te betwijfelen of er vraag is naar dit soort woonvormen …

Experimenten in de ruimtelijke sector hebben de wind mee. In beleidsdocumenten tref je de beeldspraak van de stad als laboratorium aan, kennisinstellingen zijn bezig met het opzetten van allerhande eld- of living labs en voor sommige Europese onderzoeksfondsen is het opzetten van een living lab een voorwaarde …

This paper describes a comparative case study that aims to uncover the quantifiable differences between non-interactive and interactive public displays in the urban environment. The study involved a large temporary interactive public display on a central city square showing a selection of custom-made …

Purpose: To investigate whether standard X-ray acquisition factors for orbital radiographs are suitable for the detection of ferromagnetic intra-ocular foreign bodies in patients undergoing MRI. Method: 35 observers, at varied levels of education in radiography, attending a European Dose Optimisation …

Patients scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan sometimes require screening for ferromagnetic Intra Orbital Foreign Bodies (IOFBs). To assess this, they are required to fill out a screening protocol questionnaire before their scan. If it is established that a patient is at high risk, radiographic …

Background: Matching and comparing sequence annotations of different reference sequences is vital to genomics research, yet many annotation formats do not specify the reference sequence types or versions used. This makes the integration of annotations from different sources difficult and error prone. Results: …

This paper describes the approach used to identify elderly people’s needs and attitudes towards applying ambient sensor systems for monitoring daily activities in the home. As elderly are typically unfamiliar with such ambient technology, interactive tools for explicating sensor monitoring –an interactive …

Anticipatory force planning during grasping is based on visual cues about the object’s physical properties and sensorimotor memories of previous actions with grasped objects. Vision can be used to estimate object mass based on the object size to identify and recall sensorimotor memories of previously …

Technology is becoming omnipresent in public spaces: from CCTV cameras to smart phones, and from large public displays to RFID enabled travel cards. Although such technology comes with great potential, it also comes with apparent (privacy) threats and acceptance issues. Our research focuses on realizing …