When programmers face unfamiliar or challenging tasks, code written by others could give them inspiration or reusable pieces. But how can they find code appropriate for their goals? This thesis describes a programming ...

People's daily lives are impacted by lots of dynamic environmental information, such as weather and traffic. Though most of this information is available on the Internet, there is no easy way for someone to access it while ...

RoboScooter is the result of the design workshop "Concept Scooter Project with Sang Yang Motors." During the design workshop held in 2007, I proposed an electric folding scooter. There are two main features of this scooter, ...

Recent research in sensor networks has made it possible to deploy networks of sensors with significant local processing. These sensor networks are revolutionising information collection and processing in many different ...

The number of three-dimensional displays available is escalating and yet the capturing devices for multiple view content are focused on either single camera precision rigs that are limited to stationary objects or the use ...

For over a century, educators and constructivist theorists have argued that children learn by actively forming and testing -- constructing -- theories about how the world works. Recent efforts in the design of "tangible ...

Acquiring and representing the large body of "common sense" knowledge underlying ordinary human reasoning and communication is a long standing problem in the field of artificial intelligence. This thesis will address the ...