Near Field Communication (NFC) is an emerging short-range wireless communication
technology that offers great and varied promise in services such as payment, ticketing …

One of the strategic objectives of the European Union is a reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions and improvement of energy efficiency by at least 32.5% in different areas of the …

The advancement of ubiquitous computing technologies has greatly improved the
availability of digital resources in the real world. Here, the authors investigate mobile …

This paper reports the results of a study investigating the role of Web portals in state
government electronic service delivery. We describe the functionality of the fifty US state …

This paper reports the results of a field experiment where a Near Field Communication
(NFC) enabled mobile phone was used as a user interface element so as to enable home …

Wearable computing and smart clothing have attracted a lot of attention in the last years. For
a variety of applications, it can be seen as potential future direction of mobile user interfaces …

The design of applications using mobile devices needs a different quality assessment than
those known for desktop applications. Of the many aspects that have to be taken into …

The emerging simultaneous localizing and mapping (SLAM) based tracking technique
allows the mobile AR device spatial awareness of the physical world. Still, smart things are …

Recent developments in ubiquitous computing enable applications that leverage personal
mobile devices, such as smartphones, as a means to interact with other devices in their …

Associating and connecting mobile devices for the wireless transfer of data is often a
cumbersome process. We present a technique of associating a mobile device to an …