What is Ubiquitous computing?

1. Sultan Qaboos University
College of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering

2. Outline
 Definition
 History
 Goals
 Applications
 Advantages & Disadvantages
 Conclusion
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3. o Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere at
the same time [1].
o Ubiquitous Computing:
Computing is made to appear everywhere and
anywhere. It can occur using any device, in
any location, and in any format [2].
o Also called Pervasive Computing.
What is Ubiquitous Computing
?
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4. [3]
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5. Yesterday … Mainframes
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6. Tomorrow … Ubiquitous
Computing
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7. Where it came from ?
o The idea of ubiquitous computing was
first articulated by Mark Weiser in 1988 in
Computer Science Lab at Xerox PARC [4].
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8. o Invisible technology.
o Integration with virtual and physical
worlds.
Goals of Ubiquitous
Computing
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9.  Health care
 Home care
 Intelligent transport system
 Environmental monitoring
Applications of Ubiquitous
Computing
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10. o Smart phones.
o The replacement of old electric meters
with smart meters [5].
Existing Examples of Ubiquitous
Computing
FYP Projects
o School Children Tracking System.
o Smart Traffic Information System.
o Shopping Cart System.
o Augmented reality Concept Targeting
Tourism Sector
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11. o When you enter your room, the lights
come on automatically and when you
leave they go off.
o Your smart car will suggest the optimal
route by assessing the traffic along a smart
city network.
Life with Ubiquitous Computing
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12. o A touch screen on your desk will show
today’s high priority tasks.
o Your room temperature will adjust to your
preference.
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13. o It is designed to place computers into a
human environment instead of making
humans enter computer environments and
adding extra stress to learning the process.
o Quick, efficient and effortless.
o It supports a new class of intelligent and
portable appliances or "smart devices"
Advantages of Ubiquitous
Computing
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14. o Power consumption.
o Wireless connectivity.
o Not secure.
o Very expensive [7].
Limiting Factors
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15.  Ubiquitous computing is about making
our lives simpler through digital
environments that are sensitive, adaptive,
and responsive to human needs.
 Many applications.
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Conclusion

16. o [1]”Oxford”, Oxford University, China 2007
o [2] Ubiquitous computing: Wikipedia the free
encyclopedia. Available fromURL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitous_comput
ing.
o [3] The major tend in computing: ask. Available
from
URL:http://www.ask.com/question/advantages-
of-the-use-of-ubiquitous-computing
o [4] Ubiquitous computing: sul.stanford.
Available from URL:
http://wwwsul.stanford.edu/weiser/Ubiq.html
References
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17. o [5] Pervasive computing: Networking search.
Available from URL:
http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/
pervasive-computing.
o [6] Pervasive computing: Benefits and
considerations: Computerworld. Available from
URL:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/78
478/Pervasive_computing_Benefits_and_consider
ations.
o [7] Ubiquitous computing. Available from URL:
www.belarabia.com/2014/01/ubiquitous-
computing.html
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18. Any Questions