List of Figures
| Figure 1.1 | Historical developments of three generations of sensor: TST, SSD and DSS. The graphs are their estimated market viability |
| Figure 1.2 | The telemedicine cross-road opportunity |
| Figure 1.3 | Smart home environment application, an example of adopting intelligence at home |
| Figure 1.4 | Kondratiev's long waves are accompanied by three technological revolutions. The symbols indicate inventions, innovations and bundling new technologies |
| Figure 1.5 | The operational flowchart showing the main process involved in Convergence, Divergence Ubiquitous Access (CDUA) algorithm |
| Figure 2.1 | Three-level device structure design associated with three sensor generations of Chapter 1 |
| Figure 2.2 | Basic application-based classification of sensor devices |
| Figure 2.3 | Using a capacitor as a sensing device, where the formula shows the relationship between surface, distance and capacity |
| Figure 2.4 | A typical switched capacitor and implementation of the capacitance sensing |
| Figure 2.5 | Diagram of the different modules provided by a power gating processor (Seok et al., 2010) |
| Figure 2.6 | The 2T (on the left) and 4T (on the right) voltage references |
| Figure 2.7 | Power efficiency of the SCN DC-DC converter |
| Figure 2.8 | Typical ubiquitous core functional block diagram |
| Figure 2.9 | Service viewer and controller using a smart-phone |
| Figure 2.10 | Actuation principle of elastomeric material. (a) Without actuation; (b) With actuation © 2006 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from Koo et ... |
