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CoSSMic (Collaborating Smart Solar powered Micro-grids) is an EU funded project. It aims to develop both hardware and software which will include an ICT system for smart management and control of generated/consumed solar energy in neighbourhood communities. The creation process of energy monitoring and controlling of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) is described here. User Centred Design Workshops...
Faults in mechanical equipment could cause breakdown of time-critical production systems, which is very expensive in terms of production losses and re-commissioning costs. In cloud manufacturing, the scattered distribution of mechanical equipment and fault diagnosis resources, such as experts and specialist instruments, etc., could hinder the development of fault diagnosis systems. The idea of resource...
Citizen observations, environmental data gathered by volunteers without professional observation capabilities, have been extensively used for Finnish water quality monitoring tasks. Recently, mobile smartphones and their digital cameras have enabled more direct measurements of transparency related water quality variables with inexpensive technology suitable for volunteers. These “Secchi3000” ideas...
Lightweight mounting systems reduce hardware and labor costs associated with a typical rooftop PV installation. PVMC fabricated innovative lightweight mounts for PV modules that eliminated traditional racking and ballasting materials. Seven (7) prototype systems (each system < 3 kW) using rigid and flexible PV modules from multiple manufacturers were deployed on TPO (Thermoplastic Polyolefin),...
Monitoring the sounds emitted by honey bees in a beehive is an important activity for beekeepers to ensure that their bee colonies remain healthy and to maximise productivity. A particular reproductive event called “swarming”, involves the departure of a queen bee with a large portion of the hive population. Swarming can be identified through sound, and if allowed to occur unchecked can lead to a...
This paper describes a technological development project in charge of collecting and relaying data using UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) from one or more small, low power, modular sensor nodes that can be placed in remote areas or floating on the water surface. The overall characteristics and architecture of the proposed sensor nodes and system around them are described. Field tests for one custom-built...
Cubic boron nitride is commonly used as a cutting tools material for the sake of its high hardness and wear-resistance. Pulse Plasma Sintering was proposed to decrease the production costs. This method is very attractive for industry, because it significantly decreases the costs of production. The goal of this paper is to present the control system prototype for Pulse Plasma Sintering processes based...
This work describes an instrumented glove suitable for the rehabilitation of patients that show movement limitations after suffering a stroke. This instrumented glove uses angular position sensors to measure rotation of each joint of each finger and pressure sensors to monitor the pressure applied on each fingertip. Each finger also has a vibration motor and an indicator LED to provide a stimulus...
This paperwork describes the development and test of circuitry and software to enable the use of Android mobile phones equipped with Bluetooth to receive the incoming electrocardiogram (ECG) signal from a user and show it in real-time on the cell phone screen. The system comprises three distinct subsystems. The first one is dedicated to condition the analog ECG signal, preparing it for conversion...
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) featuring portable devices are widely used for healthcare applications such as real time patient monitoring. For such applications, design constraints are set on the amount of energy, limited network capacity (short communication range and low bandwidth), processing and memory resources in each node. In the framework of the Real time Active PIxel Dosimetry (RAPID) project,...
Currently, many investigations addressed SDN management considering using monitoring information for different purposes. Zhang [1] used monitoring information to develop algorithms for anomaly detection and traffic engineering. Jose et al. [2] used the same monitoring information to propose mechanisms for online measurement of large traffic aggregates. Yu et al. [3] proposed FlowSense, which is aimed...
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an emerging paradigm that arguably facilitates network innovation and simplifies network management. However, in the context of SDN, management activities, such as monitoring, visualization, and configuration can be considerably different from traditional networks. An SDN controller, for example, can be customized by network administrators according to their needs...
In this prototype, sensing infusion use the sensor circuit consisting of diode laser and photodiode that used to provide electrical signals to the comparator then forwarded to the microcontroller for processing into data packets. Data packets are sent via the Zigbee transmission device, after the data packet is received by the coordinator of the ZigBee, then it is processed and displayed on the GUI...
Modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) are often affected by the "window plague", an overly crowded workspace with many open windows and tabs. The main cause is the lack of navigation support in IDEs, also due to the many -- and not always obvious -- complex relationships that exist between program entities. Researchers have shown that it is possible to mitigate the window plague...
The ever changing challenges and pressures to the healthcare domain have introduced the urgency of finding a replacement for traditional systems. Breakthroughs registered by information systems, advances in data storage and processing solutions sustained by the ubiquity of gadgets and an efficient infrastructure for network and services have sustained a shift of medical systems towards digital healthcare...
Rapidly increasing energy demand and developing photovoltaic cell technology bring importance to integrate Renewable Energy Sources (RES) (mostly Solar Generation) in Distribution Systems in near future. Considering power quality, sustainability, and reliability as the main goals, a well-designed control and communication system with reliable and expendable infrastructure is needed. In this paper,...
In automation industry, wired communication tends to bring ample hurdles in building a flexible and fast response system. Wireless technologies are always best solution against investment, speediness and remoteness requirements for implementing an efficient and appropriate technology or system. A prototype model of wireless controlling and monitoring of batch process system consisting ARM controller...
A novel idea of applying a proposed radio frequency transducer architecture for wireless monitoring of sleep apnoea patients has been presented in this article. The architecture has been realized on a primary prototype and tested from baseband to 2.5 GHz band. The experimental results prove that this architecture can be used for wireless sleep apnoea monitoring for the design of each portable transducer...
In this paper we present and evaluate a semiautomatic labeling prototype to enable the creation of fully labeled energy disaggregation datasets from sub-metered data. Our results advocate in favor of our approach and show that it is possible to extract individual appliance transitions with considerable precision, as long as the individual appliance information is present in the sub-metered data, and...
Acute compartment syndrome (ACS) is a true orthopaedic emergency. The potential sequelae of an undiagnosed ACS include muscle necrosis, contracture, and in some cases amputation. We have developed a simple, wireless, passively-powered sensor that has the potential to provide continuous monitoring of intracompartmental pressure in vivo. This will allow clinicians to make an early diagnosis of ACS which...
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