True Visions: The Emergence of Ambient Intelligence

Emile H.L. Aarts, José Luis Encarnação

Springer, Dec 13, 2006 - Technology & Engineering - 437 pages

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.

Contents

• Into Ambient Intelligence: 1
• Information Society and Technology: 17
• Ambient Culture: 34
• Smart Materials: 53
• Electronic Dust and eGrains: 83
• Electronic Textiles: 113
• Computing Platforms: 131
• Software Platforms: 149
• Mobile Computing: 169
• Broadband Communication: 185
• eInfrastructure and eScience: 208
• Context Aware Services: 231
• Computational Intelligence: 245
• Social User Interfaces: 274
• Multimodal HumanEnvironment Interaction: 291
• Intelligent Media: 307
• Smart Environments: 320
• Sensory Augmented Computing: 339
• Experience Design: 358
• Experience Research: 377
• References: 393
• Index: 433

Bibliographic information

• Title: True Visions: The Emergence of Ambient Intelligence; Frontiers Collection
• Editors: Emile H.L. Aarts, José Luis Encarnação
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer, 2006
• ISBN: 3540289747, 9783540289746
• Length: 437 pages
• Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Electronics / Circuits / General; Technology & Engineering / General; Technology & Engineering / Measurement; Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications