Intelligent Sensors for Human Motion Analysis

The book, "Intelligent Sensors for Human Motion Analysis," contains 17 articles published in the Special Issue of the Sensors journal. These articles deal with many aspects related to the analysis of human movement. New techniques and methods for pose estimation, gait recognition, and fall detection have been proposed and verified. Some of them will trigger further research, and some may become the backbone of commercial systems

Soundings: documentary film and the listening experience

The associative, connotative and sheer emotive power of sound has the capacity to move and shake us in a myriad of direct, subtle and often profound ways. The implications of this for its role as speech, location sound, and music in documentary film are far-reaching. The writers in this book draw on the lived experience of sound’s resounding capacity as primary motivation for exploring these implications, united by the overarching theme of how listening is connected with acts of making sense both on its own terms and in conjunction with viewing

Projections of an urban revolution

This chapter is concerned with the new projections of crisis in the urban landscape of Athens, exploring urban aesthetics and civilian performances in the era of austerity

Einstein vs. Bergson

On 6 April 1922, Einstein met Bergson to debate the nature of time: is the time the physicist calculates the same time the philosopher reflects on? Einstein claimed that only scientific time is real, while Bergson argued that scientific time always presupposes a living and perceiving subject. On that day, nearly 100 years ago, conflict was inevitable. Is it still inevitable today? How many kinds of time are there

Back to the future. The future in the past: ICDHS 10th+1 Barcelona 2018: Conference proceedings book

Obra dedicada a la memòria d'Anna Calvera (1954–2018).Conté: 0. Opening pages -- 1.1 Territories in the scene of globalised design: localisms and cosmopolitanisms -- 1.2 Designing the histories of southern designs -- 1.3 Mediterranean-ness: an inquiry into design and design history -- 1.4 From ideology to methodology: design histories and current developments in post-socialist countries -- 1.5 [100th anniversary of the Bauhaus Foundation]: tracing the map of the diaspora of its students -- 1.6 Design history: gatekeeper of the past and passport to a meaningful future? -- 1.7 Constructivism and deconstructivism: global development and criticism -- 1.8 An expanded global framework for design history -- 1.9 Design museums network: strengthening design by making it part of cultural legacy -- 1.10 Types and histories: past and present issues of type and book design -- 2.1 Design aesthetics: beyond the pragmatic experience and phenomenology -- 2.2 Public policies on design and design-driven innovation -- 2.3 Digital humanities: how does design in today's digital realm respond to what we need? -- 2.4 Design studies: design methods and methodology, the cognitive approach -- 2.5 Vehicles of design criticism -- 3 Open session: research and works in progress (1) -- 3 Open session: research and works in progress (2) -- Addenda: 10th+I keywords mapInternational Committee of Design History and Design Studies. Conference (11a : 2018 : Barcelona, Catalunya),ICDHS is the acronym of the International Committee of De­sign History and Design Studies, an organisation that brings together scholars from Spain, Cuba, Turkey, Mexico, Finland, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Portugal, the US, Tai­wan, Canada and the UK. Since 1999, when the Design and Art History departments of the University of Barcelona organised the first edition of the ICDHS, a conference has been held every two years at a different venue around the world. These conferences have had two dis­tinct aims: first, to present original research in the fields of Design History and Design Studies and, second, to include contributions in these fields from non-hegemonic countries, offering a speaking platform to many scientific communities that are already active or are forming and developing. For that reason, the structure of the conferences combines many paral­lel strands, including poster presentations and keynote speak­ers who lecture on the conferences’ main themes. The 2018 event is rather special. The Taipei 2016 conference was the 10th edition and a commemoration of the ten celebrations to date. Returning to Barcelona in 2018 marks the end of one stage and the beginning of a new one for the Committee. The numbering chosen—“10+1”—also means that Barcelona 2018 is both an end and a beginning in the ICDHS’s own history. The book brings together 137 papers delivered at the ICDHS 10th+1 Conference held in Barcelona on 29–31 October 2018. The papers are preceded by texts of the four keynote lectures and a written tribute from the ICDHS Board to its founder and figurehead, Anna Calvera (1954–2018). The Conference, and the book, are dedicated to her memory