TY - GEN
T1 - UbiWall as a reconfigurable ecosystem of smart blocks
AU - Kim, Hyunseok
AU - Jang, Seongteak
AU - Suh, Dongjun
AU - Chang, Seongju
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Convergence between construction and Information Technology (IT) can facilitate network-enabled building materials that can be used to manifest a built-in digital ecosystem capable of coping with various environmental changes. It is difficult, however, to mix IT components into a building material. Therefore, this research first proposes a network-enabled smart block equipped with various sensing, cognition and actuation capabilities that would cope with various environmental and user requirement changes in addition to maintaining high durability and easy assembly and reconfiguration. Based on the precedent research on Smart Architectural Surface, the developed blocks can also perceive dynamic environmental status and propagates sensed information to the neighboring blocks. Using ecosystem of such smart blocks, we tried to establish UbiWall system which can satisfy diverse interactive multimedia services such as sensor enabled interactive tiled display wall, multi-modal and multifunctional interaction system and autonomous services either localized or globalized depending on the users' interactions with the smart blocks. Ultimately, the developed system can be evolved onto a digital ecosystem which could accommodate a variety of services by strongly coupling a value chain between smart blocks and the users.
AB - Convergence between construction and Information Technology (IT) can facilitate network-enabled building materials that can be used to manifest a built-in digital ecosystem capable of coping with various environmental changes. It is difficult, however, to mix IT components into a building material. Therefore, this research first proposes a network-enabled smart block equipped with various sensing, cognition and actuation capabilities that would cope with various environmental and user requirement changes in addition to maintaining high durability and easy assembly and reconfiguration. Based on the precedent research on Smart Architectural Surface, the developed blocks can also perceive dynamic environmental status and propagates sensed information to the neighboring blocks. Using ecosystem of such smart blocks, we tried to establish UbiWall system which can satisfy diverse interactive multimedia services such as sensor enabled interactive tiled display wall, multi-modal and multifunctional interaction system and autonomous services either localized or globalized depending on the users' interactions with the smart blocks. Ultimately, the developed system can be evolved onto a digital ecosystem which could accommodate a variety of services by strongly coupling a value chain between smart blocks and the users.
KW - Ambient intelligence
KW - Building materials
KW - Cooperative systems
KW - Digital ecosystem
KW - Smart block
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80055059006&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/DEST.2011.5936605
DO - 10.1109/DEST.2011.5936605
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80055059006
SN - 9781457708725
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
SP - 95
EP - 100
BT - Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST 2011
T2 - 5th IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST 2011
Y2 - 31 May 2011 through 3 June 2011
ER -