• DocumentCode
    1495504
  • Title

    Virtual Senses

  • Author

    Ebling, Maria

  • Author_Institution
    IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    Products-to-be include Touch Color, a thermal digital device that lets visually impaired people visualize works of art by touch; Smart Cane, which combines with an ultrasonic sensor to help blind people navigate paths; glasses that measure time between blinks; virtual pets; and a device that uses sensors to smell.
  • Keywords
    Art; Glass; Intelligent sensors; Navigation; Positron emission tomography; Tactile sensors; Thermal sensors; Time measurement; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Visualization; EyePet; Masunaga Wink Glasses; RFID navigation; Smart Cane; Touch Color; eyestrain; metal oxide sensor; thermal art board; virtual pet;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2009.84
  • Filename
    5280675