Ambient Intelligence (AI) is a developing technology that makes our everyday environment more sensitive and responsive to our presence. AI requires technology invisibly embedded in our surroundings, present whenever we need it that will seamlessly integrate lighting, sound, vision, domestic appliances, and personal healthcare products to enhance our living experience. Written for the non-specialist, 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 components such as smart materials and textiles, system architecture, mobile computing, broadband communication, and underlying issues of human-environment interactions. The book unifies the perspectives of scientists from diverse backgrounds, ranging from the physics of materials to the aesthetics of industrial design to chronicle the emergence of ambient intelligence.

Makes the potential application of ambient intelligence (basics and promise) understandable to non-experts Explores the intriguing possibilities of exploiting the efectiveness of smart devices within a smart environment, especially in the home Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Into Ambient Intelligence.- Information, Society and Technology.- Ambient Culture.- Smart Materials.- Electronic Dust and e-Grains.- Electronic Textiles.- Computing Platforms.- Software Platforms.- Mobile Computing.- Broadband Communication.- e-Infrastructure and e-Science.- Context Aware Services.- Computational Intelligence.- Social User Interfaces.- Multi-modal HumanEnvironment Interaction.- Intelligent Media.- Smart Environments.- Sensory Augmented Computing.- Experience Design.- Experience Research.