What is Smart Environment

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The idea to build an environment with embedded sensors, displays, and computing devices so that users can better understand and control the environment. Learn more in: Short History of Social Networking and Its Far-Reaching Impact

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A physical world interwoven with invisible sensors, actuators, displays, and computational elements. These computing elements are generally embedded seamlessly in everyday objects and networked to each other and beyond (the internet, usually). Learn more in: Unobtrusive Smart Environments for Independent Living and the role of Mixed Methods in Elderly Healthcare Delivery: The USEFIL Approach

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is a physical space which is smart in mature. The smartness of this environment is a product of interaction of different devices and computing systems. Learn more in: Making Location-Aware Computing Working Accurately in Smart Spaces

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An ecosystem of interacting objects, e.g. sensors, devices, appliances and embedded systems in general, that have the capability to self-organize, to provide services and manipulate/publish complex data. Learn more in: Requirements on System Design to Increase Understanding and Visibility of Cultural Heritage