What is Smart Artifacts

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The notion of ‘Smart Artifacts’ describes technology-enhanced everyday objects, which are equipped with sensors, memory and communication capabilities (see, e.g., Ferguson, 2003 or Gellersen et al., 2000). Hence, they are able to capture information about their surrounding, communicate with each other and react according to previously defined rules (Schoch and Strassner, 2003). Through the capability to interact with humans directly, they can help users to accomplish their tasks in new, intuitive ways (Bohn et al., 2004; 2005). The terms ‘Smart Objects’ and ‘Intelligent Objects’ are synonymously used and describe the same underlying concepts. Learn more in: Information Security at Large Public Displays

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Sensor-enhanced everyday artifacts, which can perceive contexts from ambient environment and act on behalf of user needs. Learn more in: An Ontology-Based Context-Aware Infrastructure for Smart Homes