A Web of Things Application Architecture: Integrating the Real-World into the Web
Dominique Guinard · Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich) · 2011
A central concern in the area of pervasive computing has been the integration of digital artifacts with the physical world and vice-versa.Recent developments in the field of embedded devices have led to smart things increasingly populating our daily life.We define smart things as digitally enhanced physical objects and devices that have communication capabilities.Application domains are for instance wireless sensor and actuator networks in cities making them more context-aware and thus smarter.New appliances such as smart TVs, alarm clocks, fridges or digital-picture frames make our living-rooms and houses more energy efficient and our lives easier.Industries benefit from increasingly more intelligent machines and robots.Usual objects tagged with radio-tags or barcodes become linked to virtual information sources and offer new business opportunities.