Title :
A sensor network for social dynamics
Author :
Laibowitz, Mathew ; Gips, Jonathan ; AyIward, R. ; Pentland, Alex (sandy) ; Paradiso, Joseph A.
Author_Institution :
Responsive Environ. Group, MIT Media Lab., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and architecture of the UbER-Badge, a wireless sensor node and wearable display designed to facilitate group interaction in large meetings and acquire a wide range of data for analyzing social dynamics. The platform design and its application suite are described. Data is presented that shows the social patterns developing across large events and indicates that certain individual characteristics (interest, affiliation) can be determined from the sensor data from deployments of this system with groups of over 100 people
Keywords :
wireless sensor networks; UbER-Badge; social dynamics; wearable display; wireless sensor node; Backscatter; Humans; Liquid crystal displays; Microwave communication; Permission; Radio frequency; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Target tracking; Wearable sensors; Wireless sensor networks; Active badge; behavior measurement; wearable sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2006. IPSN 2006. The Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nashville, TN
Print_ISBN :
1-59593-334-4
DOI :
10.1109/IPSN.2006.243937
