Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments

Technology continues to make great strides in society by providing opportunities for advancement, inclusion, and global competency. As new systems and tools arise, novel applications are created as well.

Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments is an essential reference source for the latest scholarly research on the risks and opportunities of utilizing the latest technologies in different aspects of society such as education, healthcare systems, and corporations. Featuring extensive coverage on a broad range of topics and perspectives including virtual reality, robotics, and social media, this publication is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, students, and practitioners seeking current research on the improvement and increased productivity from the implementation of smart technologies.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Smart Technology and Design
Chapter 1: Accelerating Sobel Edge Detection Using Compressor Cells Over FPGAs
Chapter 2: Expansion of Uses and Applications of Virtual Reality
Chapter 3: Multimodal Human Aerobotic Interaction
Chapter 4: Methodology for Knowledge Management and Self-Directed, Science Program Engineering Computing

Section 2: Smart Technology and Health
Chapter 5: Adolescence Surveillance System for Obesity Prevention (ASSO) in Europe
Chapter 6: An Intelligent Ecosystem to Support the Development of Communication Skills in Children with Autism
Chapter 7: Auditory Feedback in a Computer Game for Blind People
Chapter 8: Experiences with a Research Product
Chapter 9: Human-Data Interaction in Healthcare

Section 3: Smart Technology and Education
Chapter 10: Children Using Social Media to Connect with Others and With Consumer Brands
Chapter 11: Design of a University Learning Environment for SMART Education
Chapter 12: EvalCOMIX®
Chapter 13: Transformative Academic Development
Chapter 14: University Students’ Perceptions of Personal Mobile Devices in the Classroom and Policies

Section 4: Smart Technology in the Information Society
Chapter 15: CRM 2.0 and Mobile CRM
Chapter 16: The Complexities of Digital Storytelling
Chapter 17: Our Future