TRON, T-Engine and Ubiquitous ID Attract Attention From Around the World

TRON, T-Engine and Ubiquitous ID Attract Attention From Around the World

The TRON Project is an open project that began in 1984. The project has led the world in advocating the concept of ubiquitous computing and provided the software infrastructure and hardware platform to realize the concept. Recently, the project has attracted attention from around the world as a pioneering approach in ubiquitous computing, and the technologies created through these activities have spread throughout the world. For example, the TRON Project is introduced as the world’s first approach to ubiquitous computing in "Search for Eden" [1], a thesis by Mr. Bo Begole of PARC. In the keynote speech [2] at the academic conference known as "Pervasive 2005" by Professor Rolf Pfeifer from the University of Zurich, the concept of "Computer Everywhere" advocated in the TRON Project was featured as the start of Pervasive Computing. The TRON intelligent house built in 1989 was also introduced at the same conference. The article of "T-Engine: Japan's Ubiquitous Computing Architecture is Ready for Prime Time" [3] was published in 2005 in the IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine which is a world authority in the ubiquitous field. Furthermore, ITU, the international standardization group and UN organization, half- jokingly introduced Professor Sakamura as the "Godfather of the concepts behind ubiquitous networking" [4]. Additionally, the ucode of the Ubiquitous ID Center was introduced as the very first example on the first page of the major publication, "The Internet of Things" [5] published by ITU as an example of applying the concept of "ubiquitous" to the information communication field.

Under these circumstances, publications introducing TRON, T-Engine, and the ubiquitous ID technology are being translated are being translated into many languages and published worldwide. In addition to the publishing of T-Kernel specifications in Chinese and Korean, details on the technologies of ucode and the ucode resolution server have been covered in "Networked RFID" [6], an academic book by Professor George Roussos. An abundance of information is also being disseminated not only by books but also through web sites such as KTEC (T-Engine Korea Center) [7] in South Korea and TEADEC (T-Engine Application DEvelopment Centre) [8] in Singapore. Moreover, many tips on T-Engine and T-Kernel are being provided in great detail by local engineers through "Onghu" [9] website in Singapore. Finally, T-Engine was also featured in an Indian computer magazine. Therefore, it can be said that our technology is gaining more and more attention around the world.

From Professor Rolf Pfeifer [2]	From IEEE Pervasive Computing magazine [3]	"The T-ENGINE, Tomorrow Happenning Today" NOVEMBER 2007 issue of "ELECTRONICS FOR YOU" magazine. EFY Enterprises Pvt Ltd.

Bibliography
[1] Bo Begole and Ryusuke Masuoka: "Search for Eden: Historic perspective and current trends toward the ubiquitous computing vision of effortless living", IPSJ Magazine, 49 (6), 2008, pp. 635--640.
[2] Rolf Pfeifer: "Intelligent Artifacts: The Interaction of Brain, Body, and Environment", Pervasive 2005.
[3] Jan Krikke: "T-Engine: Japan's Ubiquitous Computing Architecture Is Ready for Prime Time", IEEE Pervasive Computing, Apr.-June, 2005, pp. 4--9.
[4] Robert Shaw: "ITU's Perspective on Internet Resource Management", 2003.
[5] "The Internet of Things: ITU Internet Reports 2005", ITU, 2005.
[6] George Rousso: "Networked RFID: Systems, Software and Services", Springer, 2008.
[7] KTEC: http://www.t-engine.or.kr/
[8] TEADEC : http://www.t-engine.com.sg/
[9] ONGHU: http://t-engine.onghu.com/