Fabric computing: concepts, opportunities, and challenges

• Main Authors: Chen, Min, Liu, Jia, Li, Pan, Gharavi, Hamid, Hao, Yixue, Ouyang, Jingyu, Hu, Jiayu, Hu, Long, Hou, Chong, Humar, Iztok, Wei, Lei, Yang, Guang-Zhong, Tao, Guangming
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Human-Computer Interaction; Fabric Computing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164588
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the advent of the Internet of Everything, people can easily interact with their environments immersively. The idea of pervasive computing is becoming a reality, but due to the inconvenience of carrying silicon-based entities and a lack of fine-grained sensing capabilities for human-computer interaction, it is difficult to ensure comfort, esthetics, and privacy in smart spaces. Motivated by the rapid developments in intelligent fabric technology in the post-Moore era, we propose a novel computing approach that creates a paradigm shift driven by fabric computing and advocate a new concept of non-chip sensing in living spaces. We discuss the core notion and benefits of fabric computing, including its implementation, challenges, and future research opportunities.