1.1 Motivation
1.2 Structure of the work
2. What are "smart" everyday objects?
2.1 The linguistic meaning of "smart"
2.2 The technological meaning of "smart"
2.3 Categorizing "smart" everyday objects
2.4 Subject of this work
3. Living in "smart" environments - the vision of Ubiquitous Computing (UC)
3.1 Outline: Ubiquitous Computing, Pervasive Computing and Ambient Intelligence
3.2 Review: The computer development process until today
3.3 Mark Weiser's vision of the future
3.4 How to define Ubiquitous Computing?
4.5 What are "Smart Devices" in this context?
3.6 Technical innovations accelerating UC developments
3.7 Moore's Law: What will the future bring?
3.8 The problem with future prognostics
3.9 The new importance of the interface in UC environments
4. RFID as one of the keytechnologies of UC
4.1 Overview: The technological basics of RFID
4.2 Outline: RFID and other Identification Technologies
4.3 Historical development of RFID applications
4.4 Current application examples
4.5 Future trends of RFID
5. The potential effects of RFID on our everyday lives
5.1 Impact on Privacy
5.2 Does RFID produce a surveillance state?
5.3 Further potential changes for everyday life
5.4 Possible effects on health
5.5 Possible effects on the environment
5.6 Potential impact on the Human-Object-Relation through RFID-"smart" objects
6. Conclusion
The entire work comprises 98 pages including graphs and pictures. It is basically devided into two parts: the first part dealing with "smart" objects and the theory of Ubiquitous Computing, the second part dealing with RFID technology and its possible consequences.
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