Pervasive Computing

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Pervasive Computing

• Providing computations and communications
  everywhere !!

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Contents

• Introduction
• Definition
• Origin
• Advantages
• Applications

• How Smart Clothes work???
• Levis musical Jacket
• Smart-T-Shirt
• Conclusion
• References

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Introduction

• Everyone of us are used to computers that provide
  quick computations and communications but have we
  ever thought of devices which are very tiny
  almost invisible and provide the same function ?
  Ya !!!!! it is possible with help of concept
  called Pervasive Computing .
• Based on the vision of Mark Weiser

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A Definition..

• Pervasive computing is the trend towards
  increasingly ubiquitous connected computing
  devices in the environment, a trend being brought
  about by a convergence of advanced electronic and
  particularly, wireless- technologies and the
  Internet
• .  It spreads intelligence and connectivity to
  more or less everything.

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Its Origin

• Ubiquitious computing began in the Electronics
  and Imaging Laboratory of the Xerox Palo Alto
  Research Center (PARC)
• The ParcPad maintained constant network
  connectivity by using a unique "near-field radio"
  system designed by Ed Richley.

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Advantages of Pervasive Computing

• Quick,efficient and effortless.
• It supports a new class of intelligent and
  portable appliances or "smart devices" .
• It gives people convenient access to relevant
  information .
• It removes the complexity of new technologies.

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Applications

• Remote computers will monitor our heath
  statistics
• Cars will use the Internet to find an open
  parking space or the nearest vegetarian
  restaurant for their owners
• Used in Digi-tickers or implanted heart monitors
• In development of Smart Clothes.

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How Smart Clothes Work ?????

• Weaving The Digital Fabric
• Silk organza is ideal for computerized clothing
  because it is made with two fibers that make it
  conducive to electricity.

A micrograph of silk organza. You can see the
copper foil that is wrapped around the
horizontal threads.
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Levis Musical Jacket

• The musical jacket is an example of how
  computerized clothing could be used for
  entertainment.
• Controlled with an all-fabric capacitive
  keyboard.

Keypad that controls Levi's musical
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Smart -T-Shirt

• The shirt was being designed for soldiers in
  combat, so that medical personnel could find the
  exact location of a bullet wound.
• The smart shirt can monitor both heart and
  breathing rates

An early prototype of the smart shirt developed
at Georgia Tech
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Conclusion

• Pervasive computing provides an attractive vision
  for the future of computing
• Computational power will be available everywhere
  through mobile and stationary devices
• When Edison finally found a filament that would
  burn, did he see the possibility of silent but
  pervasive electrical current flowing throughout
  our homes, cars and communities?

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References

• http//www.howstuffwork.com/pervasivecomputing.htm
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• http//www.howstuffwork.com/pervasivecomputing/The
  originofubiquitiouscomputing.html
• http//www.howstuffwork.com/pervasive
  computing/howsmartclothes.html

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• Thank-you For Patient Hearing
• Any Questions???????????