Smart Assistive Shoes with Internet of Things Implementation for Visually Impaired People

Visually impaired people usually have a lot of difficulties involved in interacting with their environment. Physical movement is a major challenge for them, because it can be tricky to make a distinction about where they are and how they can move from one place to another. In this project, smart assistive shoes with Internet of Things (IoT) implementation is designed. These shoes are equipped with ultrasonic sensors and vibration motors that can warn users about obstacles. Next, the IoT system is implemented using Adafruit IO and If This, Then That (IFTTT) to transfer data between Google Assistant and buzzer for shoes position finder purposes. NodeMCU allows the buzzer on shoes to be controlled by the Internet using its WiFi module which is connected to the mobile phone hotspots. As a result, shoes with an obstacle detection system which can detect obstacles within 20 cm distance and shoes position finder using Google Assistant are designed. In conclusion, hopefully these shoes will become one of the alternatives to aid the independent movement of the visually impaired people in the future.

IoT-Project Smart Trash Can with Blynk Platform Integration

This research is an implementation of the internet of things (IoT) for smart trash cans in places that are usually visited by many people. Currently, the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia is still quite high. Therefore, the Internet of Things (IoT) system is intended to help reduce the spread of the covid-19 virus. This system uses a NodeMCU ESP8266 microcontroller and several sensors that are used to support this research. The design of this IoT system focuses on measuring the distance between the trash can and the person disposing of the trash to calculate the opening and closing distance for the trash and measuring the height of the trash in the trash as a reference for cleaning workers to pick up trash at the right time. This smart trash can can open the lid automatically according to a specified distance and will send an alarm to the cleaning worker smartphone on duty when the height of the trash is full or reaches a predetermined limit.Keywords: Internet of Things, Covid-19, Smart Trash Can, Blynk Platform

Цифровізація розвитку міст: Urban Atlas на основі відкритих даних для міст України

Ukraine is an associate member of the European Union and in the coming years it is expected that all data and services already used by EU countries will be available to Ukraine. The lack of quality national products for assessing the development and planning of urban growth makes it impossible to assess the impact of cities on the environment and human health. The first steps to create such products for the cities of Ukraine were initiated within the European project "SMart URBan Solutions for air quality, disasters and city growth" (SMURBS), in which specialists from the Space Research Institute of NAS of Ukraine and SSA of Ukraine received the first city atlas for the Kyiv city, which was similar to the European one. However, the resulting product had significantly fewer types of land use than the European one and therefore the question of improving the developed technology arose. The main purpose of the work is to analyze the existing technology of European service Urban Atlas creation and its improvement by developing a unified algorithm for building an urban atlas using all available open geospatial and satellite data for the cities of Ukraine. The development of such technology is based on our own technology for classifying satellite time series with a spatial resolution of 10 meters to build a land cover map, as well as an algorithm for unifying open geospatial data to urban atlases Copernicus. The technology of construction of the city atlas developed in work, based on the intellectual model of classification of a land cover, can be extended to other cities of Ukraine. In the future, the creation of such a product on the basis of data for different years will allow to assess changes in land use and make a forecast for further urban expansion. The proposed information technology for constructing the city atlas will be useful for assessing the dynamics of urban growth and closely related social and economic indicators of their development. Based on it, it is also possible to assess indicators of achieving the goals of sustainable development, such as 11.3.1 "The ratio of land consumption and population growth." The study shows that the city atlas obtained for the Kyiv city has a high level of quality and has comparable land use classes with European products. It indicates that such a product can be used in government decision-making services.

An Accessible Smart Home Based on Integrated Multimodal Interaction

Our homes are becoming increasingly sensorized and smarter. However, they are also becoming increasingly complex, making accessing them and their advantages difficult. Assistants have the potential for improving the accessibility of smart homes, by providing everyone with an integrated, natural, and multimodal way of interacting with the home’s ecosystem. To demonstrate this potential and contribute to more environmentally friendly homes, in the scope of the project Smart Green Homes, a home assistant highly integrated with an ICT (Information and communications technology) home infrastructure was developed, deployed in a demonstrator, and evaluated by seventy users. The users’ global impression of our home assistant is in general positive, with 61% of the participants rating it as good or excellent overall and 51% being likely or very likely to recommend it to others. Moreover, most think that the assistant enhances interaction with the smart home’s multiple devices and is easy to use by everyone. These results show that a home assistant providing an integrated view of a smart home, through natural, multimodal, and adaptive interaction, is a suitable solution for enhancing the accessibility of smart homes and thus contributing to a better living ambient for all of their inhabitants.

Development of a School-Based Physical Activity Intervention Using an Integrated Approach: Project SMART

Physical activity (PA) is a health-protective factor with multiple benefits for school-age children, yet only 22% of children and adolescents living in the United States (United States) accrue the recommended amount of moderate to vigorous PA. Given the prevalence of insufficient PA among children, promoting and providing PA opportunities during the school day, especially when integrated into the curriculum and linked to the learning standards, is essential for children. The purpose of this paper is to describe the procedure for the development of a school-based PA program using an integrated approach through the modified intervention mapping protocol (IMP). A total of 22 physical education teachers and 167 children from five different elementary schools were involved in the process. The procedure includes the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) that provides a theoretical framework that plays a vital role in motivating students to have a physically active lifestyle. This study applied SDT and IMP to develop and pilot a PA intervention called Project SMART using an integrative community participatory approach. As a pilot PA intervention, Project SMART is an online educational game where the students navigate a virtual journey across the United States A class’s aggregate PA propels the students on their journey, where standards-based modules are unlocked to achieve STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and social-emotional learning outcomes while gaining an understanding of the importance of health behaviors and opportunities to habitually engage in healthy decision-making with the support of their peers. Although initially labor intensive for the researchers, the process of tailoring the intervention to the children’s contextual and cultural needs has implications for all theoretically grounded and evidence-based PA interventions.

SMART on-board multi-sensor obstacle detection system for improvement of rail transport safety

This paper presents an on-board multi-sensor system which is able to detect obstacles and estimate their distances in railway scenes in different illumination conditions. The system was developed within the H2020 Shift2Rail project SMART (Smart Automation of Rail Transport) and aims at increasing the safety of rail transport by detecting obstacles on the rail tracks ahead of a moving train in order to reduce the number of collisions. The system hardware consists of cameras of different types integrated into a specially designed housing, mounted on the front of the train. Multiple vision sensors complement each other in order to handle different illumination and environmental conditions. The system software uses a novel machine learning-based method that is suited to a particular challenge of railway operations, the need for long-range obstacle detection and distance estimation. The development of this method used a long-range railway dataset, which was specifically generated for this project. Evaluation results of reliable obstacle detection in various environmental conditions using the SMART RGB camera in day light illumination conditions and using the SMART Night Vision sensor in poor (night) illumination conditions are presented. The results demonstrate both the potential of the on-board SMART obstacle detection system in the operational railway environment and the benefit of the use of different cameras to be more independent of light and environmental conditions.

Smart Canteen System

The project “SMART CANTEEN SYSTEM” enables to register online and selects the food item from E- menu card so those customers don’t have to wait in the queue for a long time. Any customer who wants to order their food they should scanned the QR Code in the Canteen or outside the canteen and after that customer can simply register on the website and select the food items that we want and after selecting the item the token number will be generated. The token number will pop up in your screen when your item is ready and then customer can see and collect their order from the canteen, without waiting in the queue.

«Problems and prospects for the implementation of the national project» Smart City (using the example of Perm)

Актуальность темы статьи, изучаемая автором, бесспорна. В соответствии с программой Минстроя России город Пермь реализует пилотный проект «Умного» города. Цель статьи заключается в определении возможности внедрения современных коммуникационных технологий. Задача статьи заключается в оценке возможности реализации программы. В работе был применён общенаучный метод познания проблемы и метод системного подхода. Применяя методологию системного подхода, автором статьи акцентировано внимание на необходимость управлять программой по созданию «Умного города» в контексте устойчивого развития как сложную и динамическую структуру. Научная новизна статьи состоит в комплексном исследовании развития «Умного города». При встрече с руководством муниципального образования город Пермь, автором статьи было предложено усовершенствование процессов хозяйственного управления. По мнению автора, для того, чтобы обеспечить соответствие спроса и предложения, на реализацию национального проекта «Умный город», необходимо решать имеющиеся проблемы с помощью цифровизации управленческих и навигационных систем. Автором выявлено, что внедрение цифровых платформ и сервисов вовлечения жителей муниципального образования город Пермь сделан - у населения города появилась возможность интерактивно управлять городскими процессами («Управляем вместе»), т.е. горожане сами могут как заявлять местным органам власти о необходимости решения той или иной проблемы на территории города или проголосовать за необходимость проведения различных мероприятий, направленных на улучшения их качества жизни и удобства их проживания. В целях снижения затрат на финансирование цифровизации городских процессов и услуг есть необходимость разработки нормативов минимальных и максимальных финансовых затрат по предоставлению услуг в этой области для муниципальных образований с численностью населения более 1 млн. чел. На уровне муниципального образования автором выявлена ежегодная актуализация документов относящихся к документам стратегии социально-экономического планирования. В статье подчёркивается, что реализация программы «Умный» город в Перми может быть выполнена при условии софинансирования со стороны региональных и федеральных структур. The relevance of the topic of the article studied by the author is undeniable. In accordance with the program of the Ministry of Construction of Russia, the city of Perm is implementing the pilot project «Smart» city. The purpose of the article is to determine the possibility of introducing modern communication technologies. The purpose of the article is to assess the feasibility of the program. In the work, a general scientific method of knowing the problem and a method of a systemic approach were applied. Using a systematic approach methodology, the author of the article emphasizes the need to manage the Smart City program in the context of sustainable development as a complex and dynamic structure. The scientific novelty of the article consists in a comprehensive study of the development of the «Smart City». When meeting with the leadership of the municipality, the city of Perm, the author of the article proposed improving the processes of economic management. According to the author, in order to ensure the conformity of supply and demand for the implementation of the national project «Smart City», it is necessary to solve existing problems by digitalizing management and navigation systems. The author revealed that the introduction of digital platforms and services for involving residents of the municipality of Perm was made - the city population had the opportunity to interactively manage urban processes («We manage together»), that is, citizens themselves can both declare to local authorities the need to solve a problem in the city or vote on the need to conduct various measures aimed at improving their quality of life and the convenience of their living. In order to reduce the cost of financing the digitalization of urban processes and services, there is a need to develop standards for minimum and maximum financial costs for the provision of services in this area for municipalities with a population of more than 1 million people. At the level of the municipality, the author revealed the annual updating of documents related to the documents of the socio-economic planning strategy. The article emphasizes that the implementation of the Smart City program in Perm can be carried out subject to co-financing from regional and federal structures.

Project SMART: Design and Delivery of an mHealth Intervention to Improve Treatment Outcomes among Cocaine Users with HIV (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective in reducing HIV-related morbidity and mortality, and transmission among people with HIV (PWH). Adherence and persistence to ART, however, is crucial for successful HIV treatment outcomes. PWH who are cocaine users have poor access to HIV services and lower retention in care. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to examine the feasibility and acceptability of an mHealth intervention on ART adherence among cocaine using PWH. METHODS This project, titled Project SMART, used a wireless technology-based intervention, including cellular-enabled electronic pillboxes called TowerView Health® and smartphones to provide reminders and feedback on adherence behavior. This 12-week pilot (randomized control trial) with four arms provided three types of feedback: automated feedback, automated + clinician feedback, and automated feedback + social network feedback. RESULTS Between June 2017 to January 2020, this study screened 182 participants, out of which 80 successfully completed baseline, 71 enrolled to the intervention, and 57 completed the study. Study challenges included data loss due to untimely closure of the pillbox company, high drop-out rate (19.7%) likely due to the complexity of this study and burden of research components on the study population. CONCLUSIONS Implementing mHealth interventions for high-risk and marginalized populations is important in order to provide easy access to adherence services and scaling back the cost of personnel. Managing multi-component interventions come with certain challenges such as finding stable companies with adequate technology and financial support, and minimizing research-related burden for study population. The ability to adapt to these challenges posed by evolving technologies is important in conducting feasibility studies.