Smart kindergarten: sensor-based wireless networks for smart developmental problem-solving environments

By Mani B. Srivastava, Richard R. Muntz, Miodrag Potkonjak. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, 2001

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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Localization Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks: Current Approaches and Future Challenges (2010, unknown): “In the smart kindergarten [4] node localization can be used to monitor the progress of the children by tracking their interaction with toys and also with each other.”
Dynamic fine-grained localization in Ad-Hoc networks of sensors (2001, methodology): “In a smart kindergarten [32] it can be used to monitor the progress of c hildren by trac king their interaction with toys and with each other ; in hospitals it can keep trac k of equipment, patien ts,doctors and nurses or it can drive con text aw are services similar to the ones described in [4], [2”
Intelligent fluid infrastructure for embedded networks (2004, background): “Several research efforts have proved the feasibility of the technology required and illustrated the challenges in realizing the benefits of sensor networks for improving human productivity [1, 14, 33, 37 ].”
Wireless sensor networks: applications and challenges of ubiquitous sensing (2005, background): “In the Smart Kindergarten project at UCLA [ B12 ], wirelessly-networked, sensor-enhanced toys and other classroom objects supervise the learning process of children and allow unobtrusive monitoring by the teacher.”
Sensor relocation in mobile sensor networks (2005, background): “Due to many attractive characteristics of sensor nodes such as small size and low cost, sensor networks [10], [13], [15], [17], [1] have become adopted to many military and civil applications including military surveillance, smart homes [ 18 ], remote environment monitoring, and in-plant robotic con”
Topology control in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks (2005, unknown): “In Wattenhofer et al. [2001], the authors introduced a distributed topology control protocol based on directional information, called CBTC (Cone Based Topology Control).”
The Cricket indoor location system (2005, background): “Other example applications include tracking and reporting the location of people in a user’s buddy list, and tracking the location of children in museums or schools [96].”
The Critical Transmitting Range for Connectivity in Sparse Wireless Ad Hoc Networks (2003, background): “…applications of sensor networks abound, e.g., monitoring of ocean temperature to enable more accurate weather prediction, detection of forest fires occurring in remote areas, and rapid propagation of traffic information from vehicle to vehicle, just to name a few [10], [27], [32], [34], [35].”
A taxonomy of wireless micro-sensor network models (2002, background): “in a large metropolitan area to study the traffic conditions and plan routes effectively; and smart Kindergarten [1] where sensor networks are deployed to cre-”
Recognizing daily activities with RFID-based sensors (2009, background): “It has applications to elder care [12], smart hospitals [2], medication adherence [15], language learning [3], smart kindergartens [20], smart homes [5], and more [25].”
The bits and flops of the n-hop multilateration primitive for node localization problems (2002, background): “5 vol. (lxiii+li+5229) [14] BS Rao and HF Durrant-Whyte, Fully Decentralized algorithm for multisensor Kalman .ltering IEE Proceedings-D, Vol. 138, No.5 September 1991 [15] C. Savarese, J. Rabay and K. Langendoen, Robust Positioning Algorithms for Distributed Ad-Hoc Wireless Sensor Networks USENI”
An environmental energy harvesting framework for sensor networks (2003, background): “Distributed autonomous systems such as sensor-actuator networks are being envisioned to carry out complex task sets without human intervention [23, 21, 3].”
A Survey of Applications of Wireless Sensors and Wireless Sensor Networks (2005, background): “For example, the aim of the study reported in [ 34 ] was to analyse children behaviour, by monitoring sensors enclosed inside toys.”
The flooding time synchronization protocol (2004, background): “• Smart office, kindergarten: the systems containing wireless sensors can be part of our office space; the education process can be tailored to the individual needs of a child [13], adapt to context, or coordinate activities of multiple children.”