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Chapter 45
Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts
A prototypical RFID/NFC-based middleware system where real objects are associated with virtual objects represented by files which allows extending features and operations available in the virtual world to real objects.
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RFID and NFC in the Future of Mobile Computing
Diogo Simões (Movensis, Portugal), Vitor Rodrigues (Movensis, Portugal), Luis Veiga (INESC ID / Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal), and Paulo Ferreira (INESC ID / Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-042-6.ch045
Abstract
This chapter describes the most important aspects of RFID and NFC technology, illustrating their applicative potential, and provides a vision of the future in which the virtual and real worlds merge together as if an osmosis took place.
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Water Pollution and its Treatment
It is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semi-permeable membrane from less concentrated solution to a more concentrated one.
Published in Chapter: Water Pollution and its Treatment; From: Handbook of Research on Advancements in Environmental Engineering
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