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Considering the alarming issue of global climate change and its drastic consequences, there is an urgent need to further develop smart and innovative solutions for the energy sector. The goal of sustainable and smart energy for present and future generations can be achieved by integrating emerging technologies into the existing energy infrastructure. This book focuses on the role and significance of emerging technologies in the energy sector and covers the various technological interventions for both conventional and unconventional energy resources and provides meaningful insights into smart and sustainable energy solutions. The book also discusses future directions for smart and sustainable developments in the energy sector.

Considering the alarming issue of global climate change and its drastic consequences, there is an urgent need to further develop smart and innovative solutions for the energy sector. The goal of sustainable and smart energy for present and future generations can be achieved by integrating emerging technologies into the existing energy infrastructure. This book focuses on the role and significance of emerging technologies in the energy sector and covers the various technological interventions for both conventional and unconventional energy resources and provides meaningful insights into smart and sustainable energy solutions. The book also discusses future directions for smart and sustainable developments in the energy sector.

This book provides in-depth information about the technical, legal, and policy issues that are raised when humans and artificially intelligent machines are enhanced by technology.Cyborg: Human and Machine Communication Paradigm helps readers to understand cyborgs, bionic humans, and machines with increasing levels of intelligence by linking a chain of fascinating subjects together, such as the technology of cognitive, motor, and sensory prosthetics; biological and technological enhancements to humans; body hacking; and brain-computer interfaces. It also covers the existing role of the cyborg in real-world applications and offers a thorough introduction to cybernetic organisms, an exciting emerging field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical, and physical sciences.Academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, and engineers that are interested in the advancements in artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, and applications of human-computer in the real world will find this book very interesting.

This book provides in-depth information about the technical, legal, and policy issues that are raised when humans and artificially intelligent machines are enhanced by technology.Cyborg: Human and Machine Communication Paradigm helps readers to understand cyborgs, bionic humans, and machines with increasing levels of intelligence by linking a chain of fascinating subjects together, such as the technology of cognitive, motor, and sensory prosthetics; biological and technological enhancements to humans; body hacking; and brain-computer interfaces. It also covers the existing role of the cyborg in real-world applications and offers a thorough introduction to cybernetic organisms, an exciting emerging field at the interface of the computer, engineering, mathematical, and physical sciences.Academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, and engineers that are interested in the advancements in artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, and applications of human-computer in the real world will find this book very interesting.

This book presents a detailed explanation of the concepts, taxonomy, and challenges in Healthcare 4.0 and provides frameworks and architectures for the adaptation and fusion of emerging technologies under Healthcare 5.0. The healthcare industry requires technological upgrades to provide precise, accurate, and automatic remote health monitoring and diagnosis. This reference book offers an early opportunity to explore emerging technologies and understand current issues, problems, and concepts.Health 5.0: Concepts, Challenges, and Solutions provides state-of-the-art research topics and opportunities of IoMT in personalized healthcare. It presents diversified IoMT applications for smart healthcare that supports lifestyle changes as a preventive measure and discusses health and care for all citizens to lead a good quality of life. The book illustrates the advancements of IoMT in augmented reality and AI and offers use-cases of edge computing for remote healthcare. The book also highlights the architectures, frameworks, and current research issues in IoMT and goes on to focus on sustainable healthcare for smart cities using edge computing, IoMT, and big data. The details of the development of advanced therapeutic instrumentation, along with the promotion of digital therapy, are also provided.The primary audience for this book includes academicians, researcher scholars, IoMT developers, cloud-based health application designers, and medical practitioners who are engaged in providing healthcare services using recent technologies.

This book presents a detailed explanation of the concepts, taxonomy, and challenges in Healthcare 4.0 and provides frameworks and architectures for the adaptation and fusion of emerging technologies under Healthcare 5.0. The healthcare industry requires technological upgrades to provide precise, accurate, and automatic remote health monitoring and diagnosis. This reference book offers an early opportunity to explore emerging technologies and understand current issues, problems, and concepts.Health 5.0: Concepts, Challenges, and Solutions provides state-of-the-art research topics and opportunities of IoMT in personalized healthcare. It presents diversified IoMT applications for smart healthcare that supports lifestyle changes as a preventive measure and discusses health and care for all citizens to lead a good quality of life. The book illustrates the advancements of IoMT in augmented reality and AI and offers use-cases of edge computing for remote healthcare. The book also highlights the architectures, frameworks, and current research issues in IoMT and goes on to focus on sustainable healthcare for smart cities using edge computing, IoMT, and big data. The details of the development of advanced therapeutic instrumentation, along with the promotion of digital therapy, are also provided.The primary audience for this book includes academicians, researcher scholars, IoMT developers, cloud-based health application designers, and medical practitioners who are engaged in providing healthcare services using recent technologies.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has numerous applications, including smart cities, industries, cloud-based apps, smart homes, and surveillance.The Internet of Things (IoT) enables smarter living by connecting devices, people, and objects. As networking became a crucial aspect of the Internet, rigorous design analysis led to the development of new research areas.The Internet of Things has revolutionized daily living in countless ways. It enables communication between buildings, people, portable gadgets, and vehicles, facilitating mobility. Smart cities and cloud-based data have transformed corporate practices. With billions of connected gadgets, everything will soon be able to communicate remotely. IoT networks, whether public or private, rely significantly on machine learning and software-defined networking. Indian and other governments have approved various research projects on IoT-based networking technologies. This field of study will significantly impact society in the future.Researchers are concerned about the many application areas and driving forces behind smart cities. The authors aim to provide insights into software-defined networking, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies used in IoT and networking. The framework focuses on practical applications and infrastructures. The book includes practical challenges, case studies, innovative concepts, and other factors that impact the development of realistic scenarios for smart surveillance. It also highlights innovative technology, designs, and algorithms that can accelerate the creation of smart city concepts.This resource includes real-world applications and case studies for smart city technology, enormous data management, and machine learning prediction, all with confidentiality and safety problems.

Nowadays, all of us are connected through a large number of sensor nodes, smart devices, and wireless terminals. For these Internet of Things (IoT) devices to operate seamlessly, the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) needs to be robust to support huge volumes of data for information exchange, resource optimization, and energy efficiency. This book provides in-depth information about the emerging paradigms of IoT and WSN in new communication scenarios for energy-efficient and reliable information exchange between a large number of sensor nodes and applications.WSN and IoT: An Integrated Approach for Smart Applications discusses how the integration of IoT and WSN enables an efficient communication flow between sensor nodes and wireless terminals and covers the role of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), and blockchain technologies which give way to intelligent networks. This book presents how technological advancement is beneficial for real-time applications involving a massive number of devices and discusses how the network carries huge amounts of data allowing information to be communicated over the Internet. Intelligent transportation involving connected vehicles and roadside units is highlighted to show how a reality created through the intelligent integration of IoT and WSN is possible. Convergence is discussed and its use in smart healthcare, where only through the intelligent connection of devices can patients be treated or monitored remotely for telemedicine or telesurgery applications. This book also looks at how sustainable development is achieved by the resource control mechanism enabling energy-efficient communication.A wide range of communication paradigms related to smart cities, which includes smart healthcare, smart transportation, smart homes, and intelligent data processing, are covered in the book. It is aimed at academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, and engineers who are interested in the advancements of IoT and WSN for various applications in smart cities.

Nowadays, all of us are connected through a large number of sensor nodes, smart devices, and wireless terminals. For these Internet of Things (IoT) devices to operate seamlessly, the Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) needs to be robust to support huge volumes of data for information exchange, resource optimization, and energy efficiency. This book provides in-depth information about the emerging paradigms of IoT and WSN in new communication scenarios for energy-efficient and reliable information exchange between a large number of sensor nodes and applications.WSN and IoT: An Integrated Approach for Smart Applications discusses how the integration of IoT and WSN enables an efficient communication flow between sensor nodes and wireless terminals and covers the role of machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning (DL), and blockchain technologies which give way to intelligent networks. This book presents how technological advancement is beneficial for real-time applications involving a massive number of devices and discusses how the network carries huge amounts of data allowing information to be communicated over the Internet. Intelligent transportation involving connected vehicles and roadside units is highlighted to show how a reality created through the intelligent integration of IoT and WSN is possible. Convergence is discussed and its use in smart healthcare, where only through the intelligent connection of devices can patients be treated or monitored remotely for telemedicine or telesurgery applications. This book also looks at how sustainable development is achieved by the resource control mechanism enabling energy-efficient communication.A wide range of communication paradigms related to smart cities, which includes smart healthcare, smart transportation, smart homes, and intelligent data processing, are covered in the book. It is aimed at academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, and engineers who are interested in the advancements of IoT and WSN for various applications in smart cities.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has numerous applications, including smart cities, industries, cloud-based apps, smart homes, and surveillance.The Internet of Things (IoT) enables smarter living by connecting devices, people, and objects. As networking became a crucial aspect of the Internet, rigorous design analysis led to the development of new research areas.The Internet of Things has revolutionized daily living in countless ways. It enables communication between buildings, people, portable gadgets, and vehicles, facilitating mobility. Smart cities and cloud-based data have transformed corporate practices. With billions of connected gadgets, everything will soon be able to communicate remotely. IoT networks, whether public or private, rely significantly on machine learning and software-defined networking. Indian and other governments have approved various research projects on IoT-based networking technologies. This field of study will significantly impact society in the future.Researchers are concerned about the many application areas and driving forces behind smart cities. The authors aim to provide insights into software-defined networking, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies used in IoT and networking. The framework focuses on practical applications and infrastructures. The book includes practical challenges, case studies, innovative concepts, and other factors that impact the development of realistic scenarios for smart surveillance. It also highlights innovative technology, designs, and algorithms that can accelerate the creation of smart city concepts.This resource includes real-world applications and case studies for smart city technology, enormous data management, and machine learning prediction, all with confidentiality and safety problems.

Immersive technology is going to govern the next generation in terms of education, health, military, tourism, and much more. Through its comprehensive exploration, didactic approach, and insightful analyses, this book provides an invaluable resource for understanding and harnessing the power of immersive technology.Immersive Technologies: Navigating the Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities serves as a guiding compass through the immersive technology landscape and takes a multifaceted approach, addressing both the technical and human aspects. The book dissects the underlying methods and technologies that power immersive experiences, offering readers a clear understanding of how VR, AR, and MR function. The latest advancements, from cutting-edge hardware developments to revolutionary software applications are discussed in detail. The book also delves into the potential societal impacts and takes the reader on a journey from education to healthcare, entertainment to remote collaboration, so the reader can gain insights into the myriad of ways immersive technology is already shaping industries and human interaction. The ultimate benefit readers will derive from this book is a holistic grasp of the immersive technology landscape and they will be armed with knowledge about the challenges and opportunities presented by VR, AR, and MR. They will be well-equipped to navigate the future.This is a must-read for anyone interested in how this technology has the potential to reshape our world. Academicians will be enriched with the applications and practical perspectives.

Immersive technology is going to govern the next generation in terms of education, health, military, tourism, and much more. Through its comprehensive exploration, didactic approach, and insightful analyses, this book provides an invaluable resource for understanding and harnessing the power of immersive technology.Immersive Technologies: Navigating the Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities serves as a guiding compass through the immersive technology landscape and takes a multifaceted approach, addressing both the technical and human aspects. The book dissects the underlying methods and technologies that power immersive experiences, offering readers a clear understanding of how VR, AR, and MR function. The latest advancements, from cutting-edge hardware developments to revolutionary software applications are discussed in detail. The book also delves into the potential societal impacts and takes the reader on a journey from education to healthcare, entertainment to remote collaboration, so the reader can gain insights into the myriad of ways immersive technology is already shaping industries and human interaction. The ultimate benefit readers will derive from this book is a holistic grasp of the immersive technology landscape and they will be armed with knowledge about the challenges and opportunities presented by VR, AR, and MR. They will be well-equipped to navigate the future.This is a must-read for anyone interested in how this technology has the potential to reshape our world. Academicians will be enriched with the applications and practical perspectives.

Building on the knowledge of risks, vulnerabilities, and safety measures associated with cyber-physical systems, this book focuses on adapting artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to smart cyber-physical systems application development. The future is going to see cyber-physical systems in almost every aspect of life, so a book that focuses on shedding light on the design, development, and security aspects of cyber-physical systems in more crucial domains such as defense, healthcare, biomedical, smart city applications, is needed.Integrating AI Techniques into the Design and Development of Smart Cyber-Physical Systems: Defense, Biomedical, Infrastructure, and Transportation offers an introductory exploration of the fundamental theories and concepts of AI and machine learning (ML) that are utilized in the building of dependable cyber-physical systems. It brings the ideas of advanced design and development and empowered security measures to cyber-physical systems. By focusing on the application of AI in cyber-physical systems design as well as security aspects, an improvement in reliability and advancements can be explored. Also included are the latest findings and advancements as well as case studies and illustrative examples on the design and development of smart cyber-physical systems.This resource is highly valuable for those employed in educational institutions, research laboratories, enterprises, and government agencies, as well as for students seeking novel ideas in the realm of smart cyber-physical systems design.