Fabric computing: Concepts, opportunities, and challenges

With the advent of the Internet of Everything, people can easily interact with their environments immersively. The idea of pervasive computing is becoming a reality, but due to the inconvenience of carrying silicon-based entities and a lack of fine-grained sensing capabilities for human-computer int...

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Main Authors: Min Chen, Jia Liu, Pan Li, Hamid Gharavi, Yixue Hao, Jingyu Ouyang, Jiayu Hu, Long Hu, Chong Hou, Iztok Humar, Lei Wei, Guang-Zhong Yang, Guangming Tao
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
Series:The Innovation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675822001369
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author Min Chen
Jia Liu
Pan Li
Hamid Gharavi
Yixue Hao
Jingyu Ouyang
Jiayu Hu
Long Hu
Chong Hou
Iztok Humar
Lei Wei
Guang-Zhong Yang
Guangming Tao
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Jia Liu
Pan Li
Hamid Gharavi
Yixue Hao
Jingyu Ouyang
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Long Hu
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Iztok Humar
Lei Wei
Guang-Zhong Yang
Guangming Tao
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description With the advent of the Internet of Everything, people can easily interact with their environments immersively. The idea of pervasive computing is becoming a reality, but due to the inconvenience of carrying silicon-based entities and a lack of fine-grained sensing capabilities for human-computer interaction, it is difficult to ensure comfort, esthetics, and privacy in smart spaces. Motivated by the rapid developments in intelligent fabric technology in the post-Moore era, we propose a novel computing approach that creates a paradigm shift driven by fabric computing and advocate a new concept of non-chip sensing in living spaces. We discuss the core notion and benefits of fabric computing, including its implementation, challenges, and future research opportunities.
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spelling doaj.art-7207b6e916714937bd287515faf3e5142022-12-22T02:39:51ZengElsevierThe Innovation2666-67582022-11-0136100340Fabric computing: Concepts, opportunities, and challengesMin Chen0Jia Liu1Pan Li2Hamid Gharavi3Yixue Hao4Jingyu Ouyang5Jiayu Hu6Long Hu7Chong Hou8Iztok Humar9Lei Wei10Guang-Zhong Yang11Guangming Tao12Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8920, USAWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; School of Optics and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, ChinaFaculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Trzaska cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, SloveniaSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, SingaporeMedical Robotics Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China; Corresponding authorWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, and School of Computer Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; State Key Laboratory of Material Processing and Die & Mould Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; Corresponding authorWith the advent of the Internet of Everything, people can easily interact with their environments immersively. The idea of pervasive computing is becoming a reality, but due to the inconvenience of carrying silicon-based entities and a lack of fine-grained sensing capabilities for human-computer interaction, it is difficult to ensure comfort, esthetics, and privacy in smart spaces. Motivated by the rapid developments in intelligent fabric technology in the post-Moore era, we propose a novel computing approach that creates a paradigm shift driven by fabric computing and advocate a new concept of non-chip sensing in living spaces. We discuss the core notion and benefits of fabric computing, including its implementation, challenges, and future research opportunities.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666675822001369
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