Physical prototyping with smart-its

Abstract

Novel ubiquitous computing systems and applications which inevitably requires prototyping physical components are explored. Smart-Its are hardware and software components that augment physical objects with embedded processing and interaction to address the need. Smart-Its addresses the need to create embedded interactive systems that disappear from the foreground to become secondary to the physical objects with which people interact during everyday activities. The Smart-Its project aims to develop a platform for context-aware embedded systems and augmented artifacts.