Internet of things: why we are not there yet. (23rd September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sorce, Salvatore; Gentile, Antonio
• Is Part Of: International journal of ad hoc and ubiquitous computing. Volume 16:Number 4(2014)
• Page Start: 232
• Page End: 239
• Publication Date: 2014-09-23
• Subjects: ubiquitous computing -- pervasive systems -- interoperability -- interaction media -- device integration -- human–environment interaction -- internet of things -- IoT; Ubiquitous computing -- Periodicals; Embedded computer systems -- Periodicals; Electronic data processing -- Distributed processing -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; Computer architecture -- Periodicals; 004.2
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8225

Abstract

Twenty–one years past since Weiser's vision of ubiquitous computing (UbiComp) has been written, and it is yet to be fully fulfilled despite of almost all the needed technologies already available. Still, the widespread interest in UbiComp and the results in some of its fields pose a question: why we are not there yet? It seems we miss the 'octopus' head. In this paper, we will try to depict the reasons why we are not there yet, from three different points of view: interaction media, device integration and applications.