Advances in pervasive computing

<b>Purpose</b> – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of advances in pervasive computing.<b><br />Design/methodology/approach</b> – The paper provides a critical analysis of the literature.<br /><b>Findings</b> – Tools expected to support these advances are: resource location framework, data management (e.g. replica control) framework, communication paradigms, and smart interaction mechanisms. Also, infrastructures needed to support pervasive computing applications and an information appliance should be easy for anyone to use and the interaction with the device should be intuitive.<br /><b>Originality/value</b> – The paper shows how everyday devices with embedded processing and connectivity could interconnect as a pervasive network of intelligent devices that cooperatively and autonomously collect, process and transport information, in order to adapt to the associated context and activity<br />