Developing systems and software for a smart environment is a daunting task. As with any large endeavor, there are many components that comprise modern smart environments. There is sensor hardware and software perceiving the environment, application software that interprets and reasons about that perception data, and effector control software acting upon the environment as well as many support s...

To understand how collaborators reconcile the often conflicting needs of awareness and privacy, we studied a large software development project in a multinational corporation involving individuals at sites in the U.S. and India. We present a theoretical framework describing privacy management practices and their determinants that emerged from field visits, interviews, and questionnaire response...

Smart card technology has evolved over the last few years following notable improvements in the underlying hardware and software platforms. Advanced smart card microprocessors, along with robust smart card operating systems and platforms, contribute towards a broader acceptance of the technology. These improvements have eliminated some of the traditional smart card security concerns. However, r...

The term "Smart Product" has become commonly used in recent years. This is because there has been an increasing interest in these kinds of products as part of the consumer goods industry, impacting everyday life and industry. Nevertheless, the term "Smart Product" is used with different meanings in different contexts and application domains. The use of the term "Smart Product" with different me...

Abstract—Smart home is one of the main applications of internet of things, and it will realize the intellectualization of household. Smart socket is part of the smart home, which can be controlled remotely by power supplied, monitor utilization condition, communication network and other functions. This article mainly introduces the intelligent electrical outlet of each hardware modules; softwar...

The IEC 61850-advanced smart transformer shows an improved performance in monitoring, controlling, and protecting the devices and equipment in smart substation. However, the heterogeneity, feasibility and network control problems have limited smart transformers in network performance. To address these issues, a software-defined networking model is proposed using ISO/IEC/IEEE 21451 networks. The...

Smart monitoring of seniors behavioural patterns and more specifically activities of daily living have attracted immense research interest in recent years. Development of smart decision support systems to support the promotion of health smart homes has also emerged taking advantage of the plethora of smart, inexpensive and unobtrusive monitoring sensors, devices and software tools. To this end,...

Smart Grid is a large complex system, involving generation, transmission, distribution and delivery of four links. This paper analyzes the structure of the smart grid system in depth with a combination of qualitative and quantitative research approach. Then it explains state variables, rate variables and constants in the development of smart grid system under the Vensim software environment and...

Innovative Smart appliances with an interactive approach and their consumers are growing exponentially. Smart refrigerators are such a prominent intelligent kitchenware and hence published studies on smart homes and smarter kitchen appliances have been around in recent years. Although published research is available on smart refrigerators which describe its use for managing items stored in it a...

This paper aims to investigate the suitability of smart phones in the context of military medicine. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) have been adopted more often than smart phones in mobile medical care. In this paper, we aim to present results on the use of smart phones by military physicians. In the autumn 2005, thirty one physicians used a smart phone during their military service. We inte...