We know a technology has become pervasive when we no longer notice; people simply “use it.” Edge computing, the internet of things and use of artificially intelligent processes not requiring direct human interaction all are viewed as part of a trend towards ambient computing of this sort.
Smart speakers and personal voice assistants are good consumer examples of people “using computers and computing” without “knowing it.”
But much of the growth of invisible computing will come in the form of applied sensor use (internet of things).
The business value might be related to applied mobility, but is not “just” mobility or untethered connectivity. It is the ability to add sensing--and the ability to act on conditions--to ordinary devices that creates a way to “do things differently” or “do different things” that drives the additional value.
The business value of ambient computing is simply the ability to “act or behave differently,” based on real-time measurement of temperature, location, sound, motion, light, vibration, pressure, torque or electrical current, for example.
And that “real time” use of actuators such as valves, switches, power, embedded controls, alarms or device settings is why edge computing is inextricably linked with IoT or ambient computing.
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