Description: THIS PERVASIVE DAY: THE POTENTIAL AND PERILS OF PERVASIVE COMPUTING [Hardcover] Pitt, Jeremy Product Overview Imagine a world where your clothes sense your blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature. Suppose the sensors transmit this information to 'the cloud', continuously and unobtrusively. Suppose artificial intelligence in 'the cloud' detects an anomaly. Suppose it tells your doctor: sighs of relief all round. But then suppose it tells an actuary, who tells your insurer, who tells your employer ...This is the world of pervasive adaptation.This Pervasive Day explores the potential -- and perils -- of daily living with pervasive adaptive computing. This is the result of saturating ourselves and our physical environment with sensors, cameras and devices, all connected to and inter-connected by global networks and computers, which can run increasingly intelligent machine-learning and data fusion algorithms on datasets that could be generated by the entire human population.This book takes as its unifying theme Ira Levin's 1970 science fiction novel This Perfect Day to expose both potential innovations and controversial social issues. It explores the science and technology of pervasive adaptation through a human-centred and socio-technical perspective within the cultural, ethical and legal context of contemporary life. It discusses how pervasive adaptation could provide the foundations for a new range of life-enhancing and planet- saving applications in health, sustainability and assistive living. On the other hand, with the recording, storage and processing of every action, emotion and thought, there also arise the possibilities for unwarranted surveillance, invasions of privacy, loss of civil liberties and commercial exploitation.This Pervasive Day is an insightful read for anyone concerned with the social impact of technology. Written by experienced technologists with a deep interest in computational intelligence, human-computer interaction and ambient systems, This Pervasive Day is a remarkable single source of reference -- a fusion of several technical disciplines that makes for a broad scope of investigation within the domains of pervasive computing.Unifying, informative and thought-provoking, This Pervasive Day takes its place as a landmark title that will challenge the perceptions of the technologists and policy-makers, the pragmatists and the theorists, the doers and the thought- leaders. Read more Details Publisher : Imperial College Press (April 16, 2012) Language : English Hardcover : 316 pages ISBN-10 : 1848167482 ISBN-13 : 83 Item Weight : 1.3 pounds Dimensions : 6.2 x 0.9 x 9.1 inches Best Sellers Rank: #6,514,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,495 in Human-Computer Interaction (Books) #2,690 in Artificial Intelligence (Books) #10,407 in Artificial Intelligence & Semantics #2,495 in Human-Computer Interaction (Books) #2,690 in Artificial Intelligence (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 1848167482
ISBN10: 1848167482
ISBN13: 9781848167483
EAN: 9781848167483
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Brand: World Scientific Publishing Company
GTIN: 09781848167483
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Subject: Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, General, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
Publication Year: 2012
Number of Pages: 316 Pages
Publication Name: This Pervasive Day : the Potential and Perils of Pervasive Computing
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Subject Area: Computers
Author: Jeremy Pitt
Format: Hardcover
