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The purpose of this paper is to present a smart interactive mirror interface. In this paper, we describe the design and development of a futuristic mirror that offers simplified and customisable services to the home environment. On a par with the recent advances in the Internet of Things standards and applications, the mirror is designed to enable residents to control the household smart appliances...
The United Arab Emirates is focusing on cultivating Renewable Energy (RE) to meet its growing power demand. This also brings power planning to the forefront in regards to keen interests in renewable constrained economic dispatch. This paper takes note of UAE's vision in incorporating a better energy mix of Renewable Energy (RE), nuclear, hybrid system along with the existing power plants mostly utilizing...
This paper proposes an education robotic platform that aims to improve teaching methods of programming and robotics skills, for both beginner and advanced users. We propose an innovative platform that consists of a versatile set of sensors and actuators, controlled by utilizing a user-friendly visual programming language through a mobile phone interface, or by utilizing a representational state transfer...
In this paper, we propose an automatic platform for mobile process monitoring by utilising wearable computing. The proposed system is implemented and tested for the process of the renewal of expired documents, that caters to both the clients and issuing governmental entities. The client-side system consists of a mobile application synced with a smart watch, which serves to receive notifications and...
Mobile government is an innovative research area where efforts are made to advance governmental and public services. As such, in this paper, we propose a crisis management system for real-time emergency notification of users using mobile applications and smart watches. We develop an intuitive web portal using a client server architecture for governmental agencies to easily and efficiently notify users...
Vegetation is a key component of nearly all global ecosystems, having a role of regulating various biogeochemical cycles in nature, as well as maintaining the energy balance at the earth's surface and atmospheric boundary layer. Therefore, it is of wide importance to constantly monitor the changes in vegetation cover and structure, especially those that are due to human influence. Backed up by many...
In this paper, we propose an integrated caregiver-focused framework that aims to provide a health care and a fall detection service for elderly users. The proposed system looks at the responsibility of the elder-care from three different perspectives: maintenance of an accurate and updated health history, prevention of inappropriate dietary options, and detection of major fall accidents. We ensure...
The emergence of e-Learning technologies in educational environments has brought up the need for new approaches to the assessment of attained skills, such as e-Assessments, or computer-based examinations. Despite of many advantages to this approach of evaluating students' practical and technical skills and greater flexibility with respect to space and time, many educational institutions disregard...
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