1. Pervasive Computing In the 19th Century, James Watt changed the world.
The steam engine – extended the power and strength of workers.
Centralised energy
Other inventions changed this centralised view of energy
Von Siemens dynamo in 1866
Edison – power plant in 1882
Diesel – engine in 1892
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2. Pervasive Computing Energy became decentralised.
Could provide energy anywhere at anytime.
The ubiquituous availability of energy changed lifestyles.
Mass production, reduced costs, raised wages.
More applications spread to homes – fridges, tv, lawn mowers
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3. Pervasive Computing Applications are distinguished by
Convenience
Usability for a specific purpose
Hiding the technology
The applications changed the world, NOT the technology by itself.
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4. Pervasive Computing In the 20th century – computers arrived.
Mental capabilities are multiplied.
Process larger amounts of information, bills, payrolls, invoices and other data.
Computers began as room filling and mysterious black boxes.
Centralised, tightly controlled systems
Closed shop IT concentrated on a static environment for users.
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5. Pervasive Computing Similar to the Industrial Revolution
Move from centralised to a more pervasive or decentralised computing environment.
The PC has conquered
Computing is intrinsic to
Entertainment, commerce, telecommunication, finance, industry
We have a high tech culture relying on electronic creation, storage and transmission of personal and business information.
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6. Pervasive Computing E-Business
Perform business processes on computer systems.
Efficiency, productivity, vitality
Allows for a more dynamic reaction to markets
Changes the way of dealing with customers and partners
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7. Pervasive Computing The Internet No longer the world wide wait
A standard communication platform
Global village
Small firms can take advantage of new technology to great advantage.
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8. Pervasive Computing Decentralisation
Facing an omnipresence of computing.
Beyond Personal Computing is Pervasive Computing
New class of device makes information access and processing easily available anywhere, anytime.
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9. Pervasive Computing Lightweight PC Smart cards – secure and very small
Handheld computers – a complementary interface to intelligent networks
Smart cards – secure and very small
Mobile phones
Set top boxes, interactive tv, game consoles – interface between entertainment systems and entertainment providers.
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10. Pervasive Computing
Intelligent Appliances – access to a variety of controls from a remote internet browser.
Industrial Controllers
Embedded Systems – cruise control, on-board phones, GPS, security features, biometric data.
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11. Pervasive Computing Applied Pervasive Technical issues
Limitations on memory use
Processor performance
Power consumption
Footprint of OS and applications
Power shortages – what happens when?
Multiple platforms (hardware and software)
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12. Pervasive Computing Technology advances…. quickly.
Devices get smaller, capacity increases
Embedded processor of a smart card already has the same power as the first PC.
Wireless networks
Bandwidth
Endless demand for exchanging and sharing information.
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13. Pervasive Computing
With new technical possibilities comes new kinds of application and services.
Telecoms companies missed the Internet movement
ISPs like AOL grew to compete with them.
Now getting in on the next computing generation
Promoting high bandwidth networks, wireless
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14. Pervasive Computing Telecoms and IT are merging silently.
New appliances and applications will increase the demand for networking technology and capacity.
, wireless, high bandwidth, paging, SMS, internet access
Value-add services beyond voice
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15. Pervasive Computing Commerce and Retail
New chances of being successful in existing markets and reaching new ones.
Mobile Commerce succeeds eCommerce
Connecting existing services to mobile devices to improve customer satisfaction and convenience.
Leads to new demand because of enhanced shopping experience.
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16. Pervasive Computing Entertainment
Broad field of applications and services
Video-on-demand
Interactive television
With new technology, traditional broadcasters face new competition, growth and profits.
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17. Pervasive Computing
Industry will adopt Pervasive Computing to increase productivity.
Pervasive devices will appear in manufacturing, logistics, management and sales enabling ubiquituous access to enterprise data.
Flexible responses need well informed employees.
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18. Pervasive Computing Computers will be more and more invisible.
Motor in the tray of a CD player is taken for granted.
Similarly, a computer system in an mp3 player will be taken for granted.
Expected to download titles, provide information etc.
We won’t care if it is Java inside, how the TCP/IP stack is implemented.
The application and service is what is important.
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19. Pervasive Computing Principles of Pervasive Computing Decentralisation
Diversification
Connectivity
Simplicity
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20. Decentralisation Mainframe Era Move to Client-Server
Powerful centralised computing
Dumb terminals
Move to Client-Server
Pervasive Computing
Distributes responsibility between a variety of small devices (specific tasks)
Each contributes to a heterogeneous overall computing landscape.
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