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Cook and Das, define a smart environment as "a small world where different kinds of smart devices are continuously working to make inhabitants' lives more comfortable." [2] Smart environments aim to satisfy the experience of individuals from every environment, by replacing hazardous work, physical labor, and repetitive tasks with automated agents.
Smart manufacturing [1] is a broad category of manufacturing that employs computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, ...
The smart port minimises the negative impacts of its activities on the natural environment and enhances the surrounding communities - economically and socially. The material benefits of chosen technologies allow the smart port to: Improve efficiency to gain competitive advantage; Increase business resilience to economic shocks or disruptive forces
The idea of having an artificial intelligence capable of managing an environment, recollect data, and respond in consequence is older than we would expect. In the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968, long before the microcomputers revolution , you have the fictional character HAL 9000 , a computer capable of controlling the different sensors ...
A smart device is an electronic device, generally connected to other devices or networks via different wireless protocols (such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, near-field communication, Wi-Fi, NearLink, Li-Fi, or 5G) that can operate to some extent interactively and autonomously.
Smart systems are systems (usually computer systems or electronic system) which are able to incorporate and perform functions of sensing, actuation, and control in order to analyze a situation, based on acquired data and perform decisions in a predictive or adaptive manner, thereby performing smart actions.
The technology-organization-environment framework, also known as the TOE framework, is a theoretical framework that explains technology adoption in organizations and describes how the process of adopting and implementing technological innovations are influenced by the technological context, organizational context, and environmental context.
Smart city applications manage urban flows and allow for real-time responses. [15] A smart city may be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a conventional "transactional" relationship with its citizens. [16] [17] Yet, the term is open to many interpretations. [18] Many cities have already adopted some sort of smart city technology.