Password Magazine - Issue 11: "Connectivity"
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‘Being connected’ has often been described as the ability
to receive what you want, when you want, and where you want it. But what
happens when you’re not quite sure what you want? How do you discover what is
available, and how do you sort through the myriad of things that may be on
offer? Just as the paperless office resulted in the generation of more paper,
will ubiquitous connectivity merely push us further into information overload?
Not if Philips Research has its way. This article describes some of the research projects that are being undertaken by Philips Research to help us make sense of a connected world. |
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Remotes get visual Operating or instructing a PVR from a remote location is one thing that connectivity will enable, but selecting content for TV viewing while at home is another area where wireless connectivity could pay dividends. The Pronto++ project at Philips Research is developing a new kind of remote control – one that allows multi-channel viewing on the remote control itself, while watching another channel on the main TV screen. Multi-channel video at a resolution suitable for the remote’s smaller touchscreen display is routed to the remote via links such as IEEE 802.11 or Bluetooth wireless technology. Simply touching an image on the remote can transfer it to the main TV screen. |
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Peer to peer digital perception
Philips Research’s MADS (Mobile Ad-hoc Distributed Systems) interaction model describes the mutual matching between one peer’s desires and the offers received from another. Context information such as each peer’s location and current activity is taken into account for filtering incoming offers and alerting users and applications. It is a generic model that is applicable to any short-range wireless connectivity network. Download PDF-file of complete article (119 KB) + Personal Connectivity - pdf Useful links Joined forces As part of its wireless networking standardization efforts, Philips Research participates in several standardization bodies: + Bluetooth Special Interest Group + Universal Plug and Play (UpnP) Philips Research participates in MIT’s Oxygen project to investigate the area of pervasive human-centred computing + Oxygen project Related articles in Password + Wireless standards + Patient on-line: personal healthcare Contact Dr Martin Elixmann Head of the Distributed Systems group at Philips Research Aachen, Germany E-mail: martin.elixmann@philips.com Dr Simon Turner Head of the Interactive Systems group at Philips Research Redhill, UK E-mail: simon.turner@philips.com |
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