Tracking and Controlling of Things with the Internet

In this paper, we present the underlying concepts of embedded interaction, the technological and conceptual phenomena of seamlessly integrating the means for interaction into everyday artifacts. Technically, this requires embedding sensing, actuation, processing, and networking into common objects. Conceptually, it requires embedding interaction into user’s everyday tasks. The technical and conceptual perspectives are interlinked and aim to provide optimal support for users as they interact with information that isn’t disrupting or distracting to their primary tasks and goals. To realize the vision of embedded interaction with the internet of things, we must first identify and augment everyday objects with input or output facilities. This ecology of networked, self-configuring, and discoverable objects then constitutes a virtual overlay on the physical world. Additional knowledge emerges from both single objects and their individual states as well as from their relation to each other. This assumes several technical developments and creates new challenges. Let’s look at four particular areas and their characteristic interaction methods that are closely related to the internet of things and embedded interaction concepts.