Ambient Intelligence
The concept of smartness in each and everything is on the rise. Whether its a TV, it should be smart, or a phone, it should be smart. Name a thing, that is not tending to be the smart these days. It is all because of the revolution of the ambient intelligence which is above from all the technologies. It is attracting everybody around the world so that Internet of Things have widespread applications.
Ambient Intelligence means the system which assists the people in their daily lives, by deploying the sensors or with the use of the applications. It’s the enhancement of the Internet of Things’ concept and is the extension of the artificial intelligence. It has the main application in the computer science field, which provides the future vision for the technology. If it is being said that, in the fourth industrial revolution, Ambient Intelligence (AmI) would be one key component, then it won’t be wrong in any way as it would be the main reason for the automation of everything (Augusto, 2009).
If there would be a discussion about the evolution of the technology in the form of ambient intelligence, then there is need to go back to the times, when the large computers have turned into the small screens by the miniaturization of the microprocessors (Augusto, 2009). As the costs on the use of them, started reducing, the evolution in the technology has taken place that has reached the point of Ambient Intelligence. Now, it has embedded into many appliances that everybody uses in their daily life like washing machines, refrigerators, gate system, security system etc.
Ambient intelligence has 5 components which have made the concept of smartness possible and that are artificial intelligence, algorithms computation, networks, sensors and actuators, and most important, human-computer interaction, though there is no computer in actual, its in the form of the device control. The working of the ambient intelligence includes the mechanism of sense- think and act (Augusto, 2009). It learns from its previous experiences because of the artificial intelligence component.
There are several factors that lead to the expansion of the ambient intelligence. One of the factors is usability. There is no need to have intensive knowledge about the product. It will itself lead one to the use of the device. Second is the technical feasibility, which makes it work reliably and efficiently, but still, there is a lot of scope of for the improvement (Lee, 2017). The other factors are the trust and confidence that can influence the adoption of the ambient intelligence. It should be able to enhance the social participation for the successful implementation of the technology.
There are a lot of opportunities in the field of ambient intelligence and there are many projects that are going on the concept of ambient intelligence in various countries. Even, the presence of the ambient intelligence is increasing. Everyone knows about the Alexa- the Amazon’s product is the successful project for the ambient intelligence. The various projects are going in Japan and Europe as well for healthcare i.e. Ambient Assist Living that will help the senior citizens to live independently (Lee, 2017).
Though ambient intelligence is making the way of living easy, still there are some issues which need to be addressed. The main concern is the optimization of the ambient systems. As it has to process the bulk information to provide the accurate and efficient solutions to the problem. Therefore, its optimization model has become so large, making it difficult as it can take more time. Also, very few alternatives are available for the ambient devices. Therefore, it is feasible for some of the solutions only and a lot of research and development is needed to make it work efficiently (Chen, T. T., et al., 2018).
In the bottom line, it can be said that ambient intelligence is changing the human’s life in a good way. Now, there is less time wastage, and people have more time to do the productive things, like further inventions for a better future. Now, what everyone used to think two decades before, are the reality and successfully implemented in the lives. Though, it still requires the more innovation and improvement, which need to be tapped; but it is influencing the lives of the human in a good way.
