Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence

From the reviews: "The book provides an overview of the state of the art as it impacts the most important social, legal, economic, technological, and ethical implications of the technology with regard to identity, privacy, and security. The book succeeds in collecting many facts, concepts, insights, and ideas on many issues crucial for the future development of ambient intelligence (ubiquitous computing). Reading it will be no waste of time for anyone involved in--or just interested in--this new paradigm." (P. Navrat, ACM Computing Reviews, January, 2009) "It provides an elaborate overview on the different kinds of enabling technologies that can be considered AmI and a useful inventory of the visions of AmI as reflected in other projects (both EU sponsored, as American and Japanese projects), the different tools that can be developed in order to bring these vision into reality and the most important players worldwide. provide a good starting point for ethicists who would like to take up this challenge." (Neelke Doorn, Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 15, 2009) In this book, 15 researchers from the European Union investigate the threats, risks, and safeguards of ambient intelligence (AmI), a synonym for what is referred to as ubiquitous or pervasive computing in the US or ubiquitous networking in Japan. It offers a framework for thinking about new technological developments and the regulative context that may need to be put into place. It will raise your awareness of things that you can do by thinking globally, but acting in your local context. (Goran Trajkovski, ACM Computing Reviews, October, 2010)

Foreword by Emile Aarts. Foreword by Gary Marx. Preface. An Executive Summary for Hasty Readers. 1. Introduction. 2. The Brave New World of Ambient Intelligence. 3. Dark Scenarios. 4. Threats and Vulnerabilities. 5. Safeguards. 6. Recommendations for Stakeholders. 7. Conclusions. 8. References. List of Contributors.