... drivers include large efforts in research and development ofhigh-tech industries in the area of microelectronics in the 1970s, in new materialsand information technology in the 1980s, and in miniaturization ... systems in intelligent buildings. These systems provide early warning ofdangerous situations in buildings, eg, fire incidents, toxic or explosive gas concen-trations, and unwanted intrusion into ... interface of a future intelligent office building includes in- formation on all elements in a room. Opportunities and first empirical results ofsensing chair and floor interaction by using distributed...