The Disappearing Computer: Interaction Design, System Infrastructures and Applications for Smart Environments (Lecture Notes in Computer Science / ... Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI)

This book examines how the computer, as we currently know it, will be replaced by a new generation of technologies, moving computing off the desktop and ultimately integrating it with real world objects and everyday environments. It provides a unique combination of concepts, methods and prototypes of ubiquitous and pervasive computing reflecting the current interest in smart environments and ambient intelligence.