The past few years has shown a sudden spurt in the field of human computer interaction. The days of using a mouse to control a computer is almost obsolete and people now prefer to use touch screens ...and more recently, air gestures, for the same. However, the use of gestures is not limited to computers alone. It finds its application in controlling televisions and other home appliances as well. This paper explores one such application where in air gestures could be used to control automobiles. The paper describes a novel method to not only give directions but also password-protect and use special features of the vehicle, using gestures. The complete algorithm was developed using video processing on MATLAB 2011b and was found to be 3.6 times faster than its predecessor algorithms. The same was tested in real-time as well, using a robot prototype and satisfactory results were obtained.
With the advent of Global Positioning Systems or GPS, people around the globe have found an easy solution to locate where they are. However, the main disadvantage of the same is that it does not ...function well in an indoor location and an alternative for the same must be utilized. Most of the indoor location positioning systems utilize Radio Frequency signals emanating from transmitters spread across the area under consideration and the position of the receiver is found using the Received Signal Strength Indication or RSSI from each transmitter. In this paper a novel approach for a low area and low power system-on-chip design of the baseband receiver for an Indoor Local Positioning System has been described. The receiver was designed and developed on a Virtex 4 series FPGA and was found to consume 1.44 times less power and 1.4 times less area than its predecessors.
Lung cancer varies between Caucasians and Asians. There have been differences recorded in the epidemiology, genomics, standard therapies and outcomes, with variations according to the geography and ...ethnicity which affect the decision for optimal treatment of the patients. To better understand the profile of lung cancer in Southeast Asia, with a focus on India, we have comprehensively reviewed the available data, and discuss the challenges and the way forward. A substantial proportion of patients with lung cancer in Southeast Asia are neversmokers, and adenocarcinoma is the common histopathologic subtype, found in approximately a third of the patients. EGFR mutations are noted in 23–30% of patients, and ALK rearrangements are noted in 5–7%. Therapies are similar to global standards, although access to newer modalities and molecules is a challenge. Collaborative research, political will with various policy changes and patient advocacy are urgently needed.
