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At the core of this book is the interplay between technological and business innovation and social practice. Although the bene?ts of 50 years of rapid advances in digital telecommunications and computing technology have not bene?ted everyone equally, they have nevertheless transformed almost every aspectofthewaywelive.Oneareawheretechnologyhashada clearimpactis in the way we conduct business. The rate of change that brings about mod- nity has been considerably strengthened by technological advances applied to product manufacturing, distribution, ?nancing, and management, which arguably form...

The birth of RFID technology is credited to the 1948 research paper by H. Stockman on "Communication by Means of Re?ected Power" 109]. After describing the main principle of communication by re?ection and reporting his experiments, he concluded that "Evidently, considerable research and development work has to be done before the remaining basic problems in re?ected-power com- nication are solved, and before the ?eld of useful applications is - plored. " It turns out that in fact this work required almost 60 years of science and engineering before it was mature enough to ?nd its way into...

A pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the interaction between people and computing systems in contemporary society, showcasing how ubiquitous computing influences and shapes urban environments. This volume highlights the impacts of these emerging technologies from an interdisciplinary perspective.