This server is a research tool for cognitive scientists and others interested in the study of conceptual metaphor systems. Ongoing work in the metaphor system of English and other languages is made available here using a hypertext format which allows the reader to trace links between metaphors and thus get a better idea of the structure of the system.

A project to address the human side of wearable computing. Using a scenario-driven conceptualization process, the groups converged on two tales involving very different individuals: Kio and Guy. The scenarios explore the personal significance of wearable computing and try to understand how a single core technology could be utilized and interpreted in various ways.

After designing the Handspring Visor handheld, IDEO’s team took their intimate knowledge of the device and its market to create the eyemodule, a digital camera that captures images in color or black & white using a low-power CMOS imaging array. Once inserted, it adds only 15 mm to the length and adds no thickness and practically no weight to the Visor.

A project about domEstic visions…using advanced technologies…like roomware, telecommunication….an interesting place to be - or to visit (as this place really exists)

German page about a GMD / wilkhahn research project about intelligent rooms and connectivity of media in office environments….

As we have to benchmark our guide is important to see what will be available for the consumers in the near future and therefore will be taken for granted therefore. The Nokia 9210 Communicator is a significant advance toward the mobile information society, combining many key elements of third generation technology such as a high-resolution color display, high speed mobile e-mail, a new user interface, and multimedia capabilities…

eyeled is developing indoor navigation and information systems based on small mobile PDAs for a wide variety of applications. A number of strong infrared transmitters distributed throughout buildings are broadcasting information in the form of text and interactive graphics. This information is received by the PDA’s builtin infrared port and displayed. In different locations information relevant to these locations is being broadcast. The information space thus can be spatially structured and it is almost arbitrarily scalable with respect to the overall amount of information. Furthermore, the reception of data is sensitive to the PDA’s orientation in space, since the builtin infrared port has a preferred reception direction. Therefore, not only a user’s position, but also her orientation in space can be considered in the customized data being broadcast and navigation tasks can be handled very easily. [thanks to norbert]

Geographically close to the MIT, this museum shows some advanced online activities. But: no e-guide, somehow nice is the idea of the Virtual Fishtank ,,,

This paper describes the software architecture of an autonomous tour-guide/tutor robot. This robot was recently deployed in the “Deutsches Museum Bonn,” where it guided hundreds of visitors through the museum during a six-day deployment period.

Information about the research programme of the UMEA University in Sweden. Interesting for a quick visit, though I didnÅ0Ö7t came across something astonishing. But it is a the moment only the project description, so letÅ0Ö7s stay tuned…