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SMART HOMES AND BUILDINGS
environments these days. With seamless convergence, computer
and communicator are often interchanged.
• Entertainment, edutainment, and infotainment media systems.
ere are several notable innovations in media technologies
and products. Today we boast about fixed, portable, mobile,
and handheld devices for ubiquitous learning. IP-enabled
television sets are being produced in mass quantities, increas-
ing our choice, convenience, and comfort considerably. Web,
information, and consumer appliances are plentiful and pio-
neering. Technologies for social sites (Web 2.0) are on the
climb, facilitating higher productivity for humans and for
forming digital communities for real-time knowledge shar-
ing. Home theaters, musi ...