Smart sign for smart surroundings

Océ researches, amongst others, on a ubiquitous office, using the Océ Office Lab for demonstrating new technologies. Some research done at the office lab involves collaboration with the Smart Surroundings project. This collaboration also involves people form the University of Twente and the University of Karlsruhe. One of the settings, which are researched in this project, is the ubiquitous office. In this setting a concept called "Smart Signs" is deliberated. The Smart Signs are a network of wirelessly interconnected devices. These devices help nomadic workers by guiding, showing information and automated printing. The University of Twente provides a platform for the realisation of the Smart Signs system. This platform is a network of wirelessly linked devices, which are resource lean (amongst other things processor and memory) and energy efficient.