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ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Second Award
One of the key challenges of wearable computing is to increase the efficiency and usability of human–computer communication, without burdening people with keyboards. This project proposed a…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
Melanoma is one of the deadliest cancers but can be cured if detected early. The purpose of this project was to create an accurate system that allows for early diagnosis. Image processing te…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The method proposed here solves for the pose of an object and is most applicable in robotics. The calculation of camera pose estimation has been solved in many ways. The general solution inv…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
For many centuries, ways of delivering secret messages that only the sender and receiver could understand have been created and used, but many were ineffective. First, there were eavesdroppe…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The goal of this project is to add auditory dimension to digital comics using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) technologies, as well as improving accuracy of exis…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
With the advent of modern computing capabilities, the need for large quantities of high quality random numbers has increased dramatically. These numbers can be used in cryptography for the p…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
For as long as human’s have been alive, there has always been the desire to live in the imagination; A place where anything can happen, be it standing on top of the tallest building in the w…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Today, smartphones crowd out personal computers, as they provide the same and even more features and functionalities as PCs, still being quite small, so we can take them anywhere. E-learning…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
Despite the recent growth of software-based technologies, educating students in computer science (CS) remains a challenge. In the next decade, there is expected to be 1 million more tech job…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
This study investigated the prevalence of relationships between equid body size and climate by comparing the El Golfo and Rancho La Brea horse second phalanges. Bergmann's rule, which states…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The purpose of this experiment is to compare the evaporation rates of aquifer tapped mine lakes to the evapotranspiration rates of plant life. The expectations of this project is to observe…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BOLD-fMRI) is a type of MRI scanning technique that makes use of the change in magnetization between oxygen-rich blood and…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
This study proposes a novel algorithm inspired by CCD which varies each pair of backbone dihedral angles in each amino acid simultaneously; essentially performing 2-dimensional CCD. Upon tes…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
This project presents a cost-effective interactive augmented reality device that relies on a user localization device and a finger tracking device. The user localization method consists of a…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Online communication between students and teachers is irregular and inefficient. Teachers have begun to use the web to post homework, and various pieces of information about their classes, h…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
This project proposes new dynamic optimization algorithms that provide significant cache management enhancements over the known three basic algorithms for signature verifications to improve…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is a special type of integrated circuit that has contributed to the broaden application of electronics, from aerospace to defense, and from medical ima…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
A network of multiple wireless hubs is needed to provide Wi-Fi access to all buildings on the LSU campus. The primary objectives of this project were to use a Differential Evolution (DE) pro…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Tetraplegia patients have a problem using computers and communicating with others. Currently used eye tracking systems for tetraplegia patients are complicated to handle, heavy in weight and…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
C, being a statically typed language is much faster than Python, but is difficult to use in development. Python, being an interpreted language is much slower than C, but is very easy to lear…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Paralyzed or paretic individuals lack the ability to move their limbs and may be speech impaired. They cannot use traditional human-computer interaction methods to harness the power of web-b…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The number of digital games is increasing rapidly. They are developed across many categories, such as mobile games, 3D-Games, sports games, and even educational games. But less than 0.001% o…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Third Award
When predicting a hurricane’s landfall location, small improvements in accuracy result in large savings of lives, property, and money. The project’s purpose was to apply a breakthrough metho…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Nowadays, 17,500,000 people die due to heart disease every year in the world. Also, 40,000 elderly tumble and get hurt every year in Hong Kong. We want to help all the people in need. Theref…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Temperature and salinity dominate the stratification of ocean waters, putting warm water with less salt in upper layers and cold water with more salt in lower layers. When a hurricane passes…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
The main problem for the experiment was: Can a conversion and calculation app be created without extraneous units, advertisements, and a need for a constant internet connection? I hypothesiz…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Fourth Award
The optical mouse has replaced the mechanical mouse as the major pointing device for desktop and laptop computers due to its ability to work on a wider variety of surfaces. Although vision-b…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are a type of network in which every device acts as a router, capable of both receiving and transmitting data. Due to the unique nature of their design, MANET…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems First Award
The Western North Pacific Ocean is the most active and hazardous tropical cyclones (TCs) region in the world. Each year, 20-30 TCs (also called typhoons) impose severe threats to a billion p…
ISEF · 2014
Embedded Systems Second Award
There are many applications for indoor navigation, from navigating hospitals, airports and shopping malls, to mining and disaster response. Despite intensive research, the problem of develop…