SPECs: personal pervasive systems

We have devised a system of wireless SPECs-small personal everyday computers-that can be worn or attached to a place or thing and, unlike Active Badges, can be networked without a centralized computer. Our approach increases availability on a per-user basis, rather than for an entire community, to c...

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Published inComputer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 109 - 111
Main Authors Lamming, M., Bohm, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.06.2003
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Application software
Autonomous
Availability
Batteries
Communities
Computer networks
Devices
Educational institutions
Motorcycles
Offices
Packaging
Peer to peer computing
Personal computers
Pervasive computing
Physics computing
Public spaces
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:We have devised a system of wireless SPECs-small personal everyday computers-that can be worn or attached to a place or thing and, unlike Active Badges, can be networked without a centralized computer. Our approach increases availability on a per-user basis, rather than for an entire community, to create a truly personal pervasive system. Users themselves deploy and maintain these autonomous devices throughout their own normal living areas: at the office, in their car, at home, and even in public spaces.
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ISSN:0018-9162
1558-0814
DOI:10.1109/MC.2003.1204383