The widespread availability of technologies has increased exponentially in recent years. This ubiquity has created more connectivity and seamless integration among technology devices. Emerging Trends and Applications of the Internet of Things is an essential reference publication featuring the latest scholarly research on the surge of connectivity between computing devices in modern society, as well as the benefits and challenges of this. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics such as cloud computing, spatial cognition, and ultrasonic sensing, this book is ideally designed for researchers, professionals, and academicians seeking current research on upcoming advances in the Internet of Things (IoT).

This book contains the proceedings of the International Workshop on EuroPLOT Persuasive Technology for Learning, Education, and Teaching (IWEPLET 2013). EuroPLOT was a project funded by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) of the European Commission between 2010 and 2013. The goal of this EuroPLOT project was to investigate how Persuasive Design and Technology can be applied in learning and teaching. Four case studies were conducted to show the applicability of this concept in a variety of teaching scenarios. This proceedings volume contains 19 scientific papers, with 8 papers directly about the project, its technologies, and its case studies, and 11 papers about related scientific issues and aspects. This IWEPLET workshop, held 16.-17.September 2013 in Paphos in conjunction with the EC-TEL 2013 conference, was the concluding event of the EuroPLOT project.

This book presents a variety of techniques that combine computer-generated images and other objects with real scenes, creating augmented reality. This work provides an excellent snapshot of the current state of augmented reality research and its latest applications to industry. Using computer vision, graphics, and signal processing, augmented reality makes special effects in movies and computer games economically viable. This collection of survey and research papers presents a synopsis of the work covered at the First International Workshop on Augmented Reality.

This book is published to honour the artist, poet and publisher Brian Lewis at the occasion of his 80th birthday, which he celebrated on 12 December 2016. It is built from photographs which were taken during the numerous events which Brian had organised in the years 2008 until 2016. These photographs document the wide variety of engagement of Brian in artistic and social endeavours, always including the community and encouraging participation from others and mentoring their contributions in the most positive ways imaginable.