Pervasive computing embeds microprocessors in everyday objects to allow communication and sharing of information. It relies on wireless technologies, electronics, and the internet to create smart, connected products. Researchers aim to develop products that seamlessly communicate and generate data available on the internet. Examples include smart TVs, which integrate the internet and web features into televisions and set-top boxes, allowing users to search for videos, movies, photos and other content from the web or local storage.

1. 5.0 Pervasive computing
5.1 Meaning of pervasive computing
Pervasive computing (also called ubiquitous computing) is the growing trend towards
embedding microprocessors in everyday objects so they can communicate information. The
words pervasive and ubiquitous mean “existing everywhere”. Pervasive computing relies on
the convergence of wireless technologies, advanced electronis and the Internet. The goal of
researchers working in pervasive computing is to create smart products that communicate
unobtrusively. The products are connected to the Internet and tha data they generate is easily
available.
5.2 Examples of pervasive computing
Smart TV
Smart TV, which is also sometimes referred to as “Connected TV” or “Hybrid TV”, (not to
be confused with Internet TV, Web TV or LG Electronics’s upcoming “SMART TV”
branded NetCast Entertainment Access devices), is the phrase used to describe the current
trend of integration of the internet and Web 2.0 features into modern television sets and set-
top boxes, as well as the technological convergence between computers and these television
sets/set-top boxes. These new devices most often also have a much higher focus on online
interactive media, Internet TV, over-the-top content, as well on-demand streaming media and
less focus on traditional broadcast media like previous generations of television sets and set-
top boxes always have had. The technology that enables Smart TV’s is not only incorporated
into television sets, but also devices such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, game consoles
and other companion devices. These devices allow viewers to search and find videos, movies,
photo and other content on the web, on a local cable TV channel, on a satellite TV channel or
stored on a local hard drive.