A white paper from Frost & Sullivan explores the diffusion of disappearing computers initiatives in European academia, industry and policy makers.
Pervasive and ubiquitous computing technologies can offer immense market potential to firms from different industries underlines a Frost & Sullivan’s research analyst in a white paper published in April: “Exploring the European Union Research Policy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing”. “In order to transform this potential into specific products and applications for the mass market, it is important to identify innovation processes to generate ideas and prototypes following the R&D phase, and into products and applications for end users” insists Frost&Sullivan analyst. For example, RFID and wireless sensor networks are leaving laboratories and going to market with solutions in sectors such as automotive, aerospace, home automation and security.
The analysis traces back the “the pervasive paradigm” to the disappearing computer research initiative launched under the EU Fifth Framework Programme, eighteen research projects financially supported to investigate the concepts of intelligent spaces, ambient intelligence and applications of wireless technologies in vertical sectors. Ever since, the European Commission continues to support and develop this community with various initiatives at a research and regulatory level ; this commitment continues under the current Seventh Framework Programme with the PERADA initiative and other downstream research projects.
