Research Article
A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-23902-1_1, author={Raymond Oliver and Anne Toomey}, title={A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence}, proceedings={Ambient Media and Systems. Second International ICST Conference, AMBI-SYS 2011, Porto, Portugal, March 24-25, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={AMBI-SYS}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={Ambient intelligence organic electronics assistive living creative design design-science interactions}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-23902-1_1} }- Raymond Oliver
Anne Toomey
Year: 2012
A Physical Basis for Ambient Intelligence
AMBI-SYS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23902-1_1
Abstract
Innovation in materials drives new technologies - in the 1930’s DuPont and ICI discovered and developed Nylon and Polyethylene polymerisation. Today, a new wave of conjugated conductive polymers is emerging, with electronic properties akin to Silicon with effects & interactions stemming from the electronic configuration within the material allowing them to be programmed, through their electron mobility, yielding conformable logic and memory devices. These active polymers are flexible, lightweight, transparent and solution processable, lending themselves to applications and opportunities in ambient assisted living, driving printed electronics and optoelectronics. This paper outlines the principles and provides initial examples of studies underway afforded by the physical basis for ambient intelligence, pursued through a Pi Design Research Studio.
