In this survey, we discuss 29 software infrastructures and frameworks which support the
construction of distributed interactive systems. They range from small projects with one …

Several initiatives have shown the potentials of applying AI techniques to ambient
intelligence in general and ambient assisted living in particular. While these systems …

The project PERSONA aims at advancing the paradigm of Ambient Intelligence through the
harmonization of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Technologies and concepts for the …

We report new findings about the mental representation of direction concepts and how these
findings may revise for-mal models of spatial reasoning and navigation assistance systems …

Although several context-aware systems have been developed within the past 15 years that
use contextual info captured from the physical environment in combination with system …

A middleware for real ad-hoc cooperation of distributed device ensembles must support self-
organization of its components. Self-organization means that the independence of the …

In this article we identify the general communication patterns of physical devices and define
all interfaces and conflict resolution strategies that are present in any ensemble. Based on …

Ubiquitous augmented reality is an emerging human-computer interaction technology,
arising from the convergence of augmented reality and ubiquitous computing. Augmented …

Fieldbus networks have significantly improved flexibility and management in classic building
automation domains. However, the costs of such installations are still greatly affected by the …

Auszug David Brock und Sanjay Sarma vom Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
fragten sich 1999, was es bedeuten würde, wenn jedes Objekt und jedes Produkt, quasi …