Internet appliance

About: Internet appliance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1974 publications have been published within this topic receiving 43571 citations.

Control system for the Schaire Internet chair

Abstract: We have developed second-generation prototypes of the Internet chair, a novel Internet appliance. The first generation explored using the chair as an input device; "Schaire", the prototype described here, is a pivot (swivel, rotating) chair deployed as an output device, a rotary motion platform information appliance. Its haptic display modality is yaw, dynamically synchronized with wireless visual displays and spatial audio in a rotation-invariant virtual space. In groupware situations, like teleconferencing, chat spaces, or multiplayer gaming, such orientation is also used to twist iconic representations of a seated user, avatars in a virtual world, enabling social situation awareness. Using its audio display modality, "nearphones" embedded in the seat headrest, the system can present unencumbered binaural sound with soundscape stabilization for multichannel sound image localization. As a haptic output modality, chairs with servomotors render kinesthetic and proprioceptive cues, twisting under networked control, to direct the attention of a seated users like a "dark ride" amusement park attraction or under active user control, local and/or distributed. The Schaire, manifesting as personal LBE (location-based entertainment) can be used in both stand-alone and networked applications.

Emerging of New Service-Oriented Approach Based on the Internet of Services and Internet of Things

Abstract: The article is viewing basic notions of the Internet of the Future: Internet services, Internet of things and cloud computing. Due to advances in technology and the rapid growth of online services, social networks and mobile applications a significant number of new and inventive web-based service models have been introduced. There are many discussions and definitions of the Web 3.0, some resources claim to work according to that concept definitions. Although online resources and services are having an impact on more traditional way of doing business, there are new technological issues raised by the Internet of Services and Internet of Things aspects with their influence on customer interactions. In this paper also resources for Internet of Services customers are explained. Author is focused on the applicability of Internet of Services and Internet of Things for the business purposes under the new concept - social web of things as another step of globalization.

A P2P based distributed services network for next generation mobile internet communications

Abstract: In this poster, we present a novel P2P (Peer to Peer) based distributed services network (DSN), which is a next generation operable and manageable distributed core network architecture and functional structure, proposed by China Mobile for telecommunication services and wireless Internet. Our preliminary implementations of P2P VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) system over DSN platform demonstrate its effectiveness and promising future.