International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology (AUSMT) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to publishing research papers in the fields of automation and smart technology. The related research areas include but are not limited to the fields of mechatronics, automation, ambient Intelligence, sensor networks, human-computer interfaces, and robotics. These technologies should be developed with the major purpose to increase the quality of life as well as to work towards environmental, economic and social sustainability for future generations.
This international journal endeavors to provide a worldwide forum for the dynamic exchange of ideas and findings from research of different disciplines from around the world. Also, AUSMT actively seeks to encourage interaction and cooperation between academia and industry along the fields of automation and smart technology.
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| Dear Friends: Springtime is just around the corner!!! Spring is for reading. So here we are, introducing you AUSMT's latest issue at http://www.ausmt.org/index.php/AUSMT/issue/view/3/showToc. This very issue is a special issue on Bio-Inspired Sensing and Actuation, guest-edited by Prof. Yao-Joe Yang. We invite you to grab your Tablet or laptop, pick your tree and enjoy reading our articles with the company of nature. You might get inspired yourself. |
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| Posted: 2012-03-01 | |
New Issue Published: New Issue of AUSMT Published Online |
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| The second issue of International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology (AUSMT) has now been published online. To view the issue and access the 14 articles, just visit the table of contents at http://www.ausmt.org/index.php/AUSMT/issue/view/2/showToc. | |
| Posted: 2011-12-01 | |
Call for Papers: Special Issue: Living Lab |
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Paper submission deadline: Jan. 10, 2012 Editor |
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| Posted: 2011-11-03 | More... |
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Vol 2, No 1 (2012)
ON THE COVER: Singing Ringing Tree
The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire, England.
Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the Panopticons arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network (ELEAN). The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons (structures providing a comprehensive view), across East Lancashire as symbols of the renaissance of the area.
Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3 metre tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each.
In 2007, the sculpture won (along with 13 other candidates) the National Award of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for architectural excellence.
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