Ebook: True Visions: The Emergence of Ambient Intelligence
- Tags: Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Communications Engineering Networks, Circuits and Systems
- Year: 2006
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly embedded in our everyday surroundings, present whenever we need it that will lead to the seamless integration of lighting, sounds, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist seeking an authoritative but accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, True Visions explains how the devices making up the AI world will operate collectively using information and intelligence hidden in the wireless network connecting them. Expert contributions address key AI components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. It seeks to unify the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design as it describes the emergence of ambient intelligence, one of today’s most compelling areas of innovation.
Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly embedded in our everyday surroundings, present whenever we need it that will lead to the seamless integration of lighting, sounds, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist seeking an authoritative but accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, True Visions explains how the devices making up the AI world will operate collectively using information and intelligence hidden in the wireless network connecting them. Expert contributions address key AI components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. It seeks to unify the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design as it describes the emergence of ambient intelligence, one of today’s most compelling areas of innovation.
Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly embedded in our everyday surroundings, present whenever we need it that will lead to the seamless integration of lighting, sounds, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist seeking an authoritative but accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, True Visions explains how the devices making up the AI world will operate collectively using information and intelligence hidden in the wireless network connecting them. Expert contributions address key AI components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. It seeks to unify the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design as it describes the emergence of ambient intelligence, one of today’s most compelling areas of innovation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Into Ambient Intelligence....Pages 1-16
Information, Society and Technology....Pages 17-33
Ambient Culture....Pages 35-52
Smart Materials....Pages 53-82
Electronic Dust and e-Grains....Pages 83-112
Electronic Textiles....Pages 113-130
Computing Platforms....Pages 131-147
Software Platforms....Pages 149-167
Mobile Computing....Pages 169-184
Broadband Communication....Pages 185-207
e-Infrastructure and e-Science....Pages 209-229
Context Aware Services....Pages 231-244
Computational Intelligence....Pages 245-273
Social User Interfaces....Pages 275-289
Multi-modal Human–Environment Interaction....Pages 291-306
Intelligent Media....Pages 307-319
Smart Environments....Pages 321-337
Sensory Augmented Computing....Pages 339-357
Experience Design....Pages 359-376
Experience Research....Pages 377-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-437
Ambient intelligence (AI) refers to a developing technology that will increasingly make our everyday environment sensitive and responsive to our presence. The AI vision requires technology invisibly embedded in our everyday surroundings, present whenever we need it that will lead to the seamless integration of lighting, sounds, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist seeking an authoritative but accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, True Visions explains how the devices making up the AI world will operate collectively using information and intelligence hidden in the wireless network connecting them. Expert contributions address key AI components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. It seeks to unify the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design as it describes the emergence of ambient intelligence, one of today’s most compelling areas of innovation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Into Ambient Intelligence....Pages 1-16
Information, Society and Technology....Pages 17-33
Ambient Culture....Pages 35-52
Smart Materials....Pages 53-82
Electronic Dust and e-Grains....Pages 83-112
Electronic Textiles....Pages 113-130
Computing Platforms....Pages 131-147
Software Platforms....Pages 149-167
Mobile Computing....Pages 169-184
Broadband Communication....Pages 185-207
e-Infrastructure and e-Science....Pages 209-229
Context Aware Services....Pages 231-244
Computational Intelligence....Pages 245-273
Social User Interfaces....Pages 275-289
Multi-modal Human–Environment Interaction....Pages 291-306
Intelligent Media....Pages 307-319
Smart Environments....Pages 321-337
Sensory Augmented Computing....Pages 339-357
Experience Design....Pages 359-376
Experience Research....Pages 377-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-437
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