Ambient Intelligence with Microsystems Augmented Materials and Smart Objects /
Kieran Delaney, [editor].
- New York : Springer, c2008.
- xiv, 421 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Micrisystems .
- Microsystems (Series) ; v. 18. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Concepts: Pervasive Computing and Unobtrusive Technologies -- An Overview of Pervasive Computing Systems / Augmenting Materials to Build Cooperating Objects / Device Technologies: Microsystems, Micro Sensors and Emerging Silicon Technologies -- Overview of Component Level Devices / Silicon Technologies for Microsystems, Microsensors and Nanoscale Devices / Hardware Sub-Systems Technologies: Hybrid Technology Platforms, Integrated Systems -- Distributed, Embedded Sensor and Actuator Platforms / Embedded Microelectronic Subsystems / Networking Technologies: Wireless Networking and Wireless Sensor Networks Contents -- Embedded Wireless Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Standards / Systems Technologies: Context, Smart Behaviour and Interactivity -- Context in Pervasive Environments / Achieving Co-Operation and Developing Smart Behavior in Collections of Context-Aware Artifacts / System-Level Challenges: Technology Limits and Ambient Intelligence -- Power Management, Energy Conversion and Energy Scavenging for Smart Systems / Challenges for Hardware Reliability in Networked Embedded Systems / System Co-Design: Co-Design Processes for Pervasive Systems -- Co-Design: From Electronic Substrates to Smart Objects / Co-Design for Context Awareness in Pervasive Systems / User-Centered Systems: From Concept to Reality in Practical Steps -- User-Centred Design and Development of Future Smart Systems: Opportunities and Challenges / Embedded Systems Research and Innovation Programmes for Industry / Applied Systems: Building Smart Systems in the Real World -- Sensor Architectures for Interactive Environments / Building Networkable Smart and Cooperating Objects / Dedicated Networking Solutions for a Container Tracking System / Juan Ye, Simon Dobson and Paddy Nixon -- Kieran Delaney and Simon Dobson -- Erik Jung -- Thomas Healy -- John Barton and Erik Jung -- John Barton -- Dirk Pesch, Susan Rea and Andreas Timm-Giel -- Donna Griffin and Dirk Pesch -- Christos Goumopoulos and Achilles Kameas -- Terence O'Donnell and Wensi Wang -- John Barrett -- Kieran Delaney and Jian Liang -- Simon Dobson -- Justin Knecht -- Kieran Delaney -- Joseph A. Paradiso -- Kieran Delaney, Ken Murray and Jian Liang -- Daniel Rogoz and Fergus O'Reilly. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. Pt. III. 5. 6. Pt. IV. 7. Pt. V. 8. 9. Pt. VI. 10. 11. Pt. VII. 12. 13. Pt. VIII. 14. 15. Pt. IX. 16. 17. 18.