tre for Speckled Computing is involved in numerous projects in a variety of fields,
developing platforms for use in wireless networked embedded systems
research.
This research has been funded by several agencies, including the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the National Health Service,
and the European Union Framework 7 programmes.
Summaries of our current and more recent projects are given below, along with links for further reading.
Current Projects
DAPHNE
The primary aim of DAPHNE is to understand the early life effects of air pollution in Delhi by estimating exposure-response relationships between ambient air pollution exposures and health effects (birth weight, acute respiratory in children under two years) and asthma exacerbations in adolescents aged 11-18 years.
Platform for the Deployment and Operation of Heterogeneous Networked Co-operating Objects
Speckled
Computing is part of the consortium on this European project. The main
objective of PLANET is the design, development and validation of an
integrated platform to enable the deployment, operation and maintenance
of large-scale/complex systems of heterogeneous networked Cooperating
Objects, including Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks and mobile
objects.
The platform will support optimal and adaptive
deployment and operation by means of mobile cooperating objects, i.e.
vehicles, networked with static nodes. The platform will be validated in
two complementary scenarios: the monitoring of the Donyana Biological
Reserve with very high ecological value and very sensitive to the impact
of pollution, and the highly automated airfield scenario in which
security plays an important role and where wireless communication and
cooperative techniques pose significant challenges.
Wireless
sensors from Speckled Computing are being utilised in this project to
develop new methods to help reduce domestic carbon emissions and tackle
fuel-poverty. The £2.15M grant project will develop an "Intelligent
Domestic Energy Advice Loop" to help dwelling occupants to save energy
and money. Reducing energy demand from existing dwellings through
behavioural change is crucial for meeting UK carbon emission reduction
targets.
Italian cellist Nicola Baroni has been using
the Orient Motion Capture system designed by the Centre for Speckled
Computing in an innovative approach to composition.
HOlistic platform design for smart Buildings of future interNET
The main objective of this European project is to ease and maximize the use of FIRE
platforms by multidisciplinary developers of Future Internet
applications focused on automation and energy efficiency for smart/green
buildings.
Speckled Computing
technology was featured in a ground-breaking theatre production by Grid Iron
Productions as part of the 2013 Edinburgh International Festival. It was nominated in the Best Technical Presentation category
at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland on 8th June 2014.
This year-long project from 2012 to 2013 was a collaboration between The Centre for
Speckled Computing and students from the four main art colleges in
Scotland. It aimed to spark ideas and develop socially informed design
solutions based on the emerging speckled computing technology, and
digital media and social networking opportunities. The ideas for
interactive artefacts, environments and services imagined by students
were realised as functioning prototypes that culminated in an exhibition
at a conference in Edinburgh in June 2013 and in the publication of a
book.
The video below shows work that was undertaken with Scottish Ballet, using the Orient-5 Motion Capture system to
capture full-body movement in real time during a performance of the
Summer Fairy Solo from Prokoviev's Cinderella by Scottish Ballet's
Principal, Sophie Martin.
Edinburgh International Science Festival 2012
The new
generation of Orient-4 Wireless Motion Capture System was unveiled at
the Edinburgh International Science Festival as part of the InMotion
exhibition in the Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland.
Attendees were able to wear the specks and animate cartoon characters on
a large screen. Photographs of the event are provided with the kind permission of Mark Wright.
