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Ubiquitous Computing has the main goal of building computer systems that support and facilitate the daily lives of users, without being intrusive. This paper follows a perspective that advocates a cautious and iterative approach to the vision of Ubiquitous Computing. In this context, it is presented a system with a particular application goal, based on a proposal of a generalized infrastructure and...
Energy efficiency offers a powerful and cost-effective tool for the achievement of a sustainable energy future. It is therefore never too early to start teaching children about the importance of saving energy. So, in this paper it will be presented a web-based support for Rational Use of Electric Energy Awareness. This tool was specially developed for teaching middle school students. Several resources...
We are currently seeing a lot of research in the areas of ubiquitous computing involving mobile devices and public shared displays. In this paper, we describe an infrastructure to augment physical objects and an example using this framework to make information available to users, in a specific space, in an automatic and personalized way. The paper presents the ideas that guided the specification of...
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