Ambient Intelligence with Microsystems: Augmented Materials and Smart Objects

"Augmented Materials and Smart Objects investigates the issues required to ensure technology platforms capable of being seamlessly integrated into everyday objects, particularly the requirements for integrated computation and MEMs sensors, System-in-a-package solutions, multi-chip modules, the impact of the trend towards embedded microelectronic electronics sub-systems, novel assembly techniques for autonomous MEMs sensors, as well as practical performance issues that are key to the AmI concept.

The Concepts.- An Overview of Pervasive Computing Systems.- Augmenting Materials to Build Cooperating Objects.- Device Technologies.- Overview of Component Level Devices.- Silicon Technologies for Microsystems, Microsensors and Nanoscale Devices.- Hardware Sub-Systems Technologies.- Distributed, Embedded Sensor and Actuator Platforms.- Embedded Microelectronic Subsystems.- Networking Technologies.- Embedded Wireless Networking: Principles, Protocols, and Standards.- Systems Technologies.- Context in Pervasive Environments.- Achieving Co-Operation and Developing Smart Behavior in Collections of Context-Aware Artifacts.- System-Level Challenges.- Power Management, Energy Conversion and Energy Scavenging for Smart Systems.- Challenges for Hardware Reliability in Networked Embedded Systems.- System Co-Design.- Co-Design: From Electronic Substrates to Smart Objects.- Co-Design for Context Awareness in Pervasive Systems.- User-Centered Systems.- User-Centred Design and Development of Future Smart Systems: Opportunities and Challenges.- Embedded Systems Research and Innovation Programmes for Industry.- Applied Systems.- Sensor Architectures for Interactive Environments.- Building Networkable Smart and Cooperating Objects.- Dedicated Networking Solutions for a Container Tracking System.