Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer augmented environments: back to the real world
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
MobiCom '99 Proceedings of the 5th annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Adaptive Management of an Active Service Network
BT Technology Journal
Connecting the Physical World with Pervasive Networks
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Direct Combination: A New User Interaction
Mobile HCI '02 Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Mobile Human-Computer Interaction
Pervasive Computing Goes the Last 100 Feet with RFID Systems
IEEE Pervasive Computing
BT Technology Journal
BT Technology Journal
Research challenges and perspectives on Wisdom Web of Things (W2T)
The Journal of Supercomputing
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If computers could be as commonplace as the written word, our everyday world would be transformed. That was the vision, announced over a decade ago, of the computer visionary Mark Weiser. In Weiser's world computers would be ubiquitous and we would interact with them almost subconsciously. This vision is currently developing, but has still some way to go. Yet Weiser's vision can be extended further, with intelligence embedded in objects ranging from mechanical components to tins. This paper outlines a future which embraces Weiser's vision but goes beyond it to a world of such intelligent devices interacting autonomously, for the benefit of people but often without human intervention. Opportunities exist, in particular for those who develop the new applications and the complex systems which support them. For the general public the greatest fearwhich needs to be allayed is a loss of privacy.