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Social Networking Meets Ambient Intelligence

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Smart objects and sensors in the ASTRA project's platform promote social networking. The red lighted picture frame at left indicates a person in the photograph is unavailable, but turns green when the person is ready to receive phone calls. Credit: ASTRA

November 4, 2009

Sharing small snippets of information about your daily life is a key feature of the online social networking revolution. Soon status updates and other social information could be generated automatically. A team of researchers are working on merging the instant sharing of social information with emerging ambient intelligence systems that use sensors and smart objects to create awareness of users' whereabouts and activities.

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