• Section 1 - Introduction.- Ambient Intelligence: The Next Wave in Consumer Electronics.- The Physical Basis of Ambient Intelligence.- Section 2 - Wireless Communication.- Circuits and Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Wireless Connectivity for In Home Audio/Video Networks.- Body Area Networks: The Ascent of Autonomous Wireless Microsystems.- Wireless Communication Systems.- Section 3 - Smart Sensors.- Interconnect and Packaging Technologies for Realizing Miniaturized Smart Devices.- CMOS Image Sensors for Ambient Intelligence.- Microsystem Technology for Ambient Intelligence.- Section 4 - Low Power Electronics and System Architecture.- Low Power Electronics and System Architecture.- Analog Interface Circuits–The Limit for AmI Applications.- Vector Processing as an Enabler for Ambient Intelligence.- Xtreme Low Power Technlogy Development Using a Virtual Design Flow: Enabling Technologies for AmbientIntelligence Applications.- Section 5 - Energy Supply and Management.- Energy Scavenging in Support of Ambient Intelligence: Techniques, Challenges, and Future Directions.- Power Management Options for AmI Applications.- Rechageable Batteries: Efficient Energy Storage Devices for Wireless Electronics.- Section 6 - Enabling Technologies and Devices.- Personal Healthcare Devices.- Carbon Nanotube Field-effect Transistors-The Importance of Being Small.- Hardware for Ambient Sound Reproduction.- Secret Key Generation from Classical Physics: Physical Uncloneable Functions.- Section 7 - Conclusions.- Conclusions and Key Challenges.

"This book is one of the first to bring all these hardware aspects together under one cover. It is recommended to all engineers involved in the realization of the AmI dream and is an inspiring source to create a dialog between the many hardware disciplines that must become interoperable to create a working AmI system." (Hugo DeMan, Senior Research Fellow, IMEC, Professor Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Belgium)