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SMART-ITS
Smart-Its
is a project within the European Union's Disappearing
Computer Initiative, which supports research in “how information
technology can be diffused into everyday objects and settings, and to see
how this can lead to new ways of supporting and enhancing people's lives
that go above and beyond what is possible with the computer today.”
Smart-Its are small, generic, and cheap computational devices that can be used for post-hoc computational enhancement of everyday objects. Smart-Its allow objects to perceive their environment, communicate with peers, and have customizable behavior. For both individual 'smart artefacts' and large collections of these artefacts, we explore emergent behaviors and meaningful applications for sensor-based self-awareness of objects.
Project partners include: Lancaster University in the UK (Department of Computing), ETH Zurich in Switzerland (Distributed Systems and Perceptual Computing and Computer Vision groups), the Interactive Institute in Sweden (PLAY studio), Viktoria Institute in Sweden (Future Applications Lab), University of Karlsruhe in Germany (Telecooperation Office, or TecO), and VTT Electronics in Finland (Interactive Intelligent Electronics). The project began in January 2000 and will conclude at the end of 2003.
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