Smartphone controlled home environments

This master thesis “Smartphone controlled home environments” aimed the integration of gesture control in the context of Smart living. Gesture control as one of the Natural User Interface, shows a limited usage, by mainly being used in the entertainment industry. The property of gesture control was seen to be potential to contribute to smart...

A start-up process for the design of a multi-sided digital platform for social innovation

A social innovation is a novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals. Social innovations come in various forms such as (1) doing something good in/for society; (2) changing social practices and/or structure, ...

Telecom and Energy, vital sectors enabling Smart Living

This thesis investigates the past, present and future of energy, telecom and household related developments aiming to pinpoint synergetic innovation possibilities. Providing overview and insights at the aggregation level above, being the sector network, is the first necessary step to reach this goal. The academic part of this thesis focuses on...