Abstract-The increasing availability of sensing devices has made the possibility of context-aware pervasive computing applications real. However, constructing this software requires extensive knowledge about the devices and specialized programming languages for interacting with them. While the nature of pervasive computing lends users to demand individualized applications, complexities render programming embedded devices unapproachable. In this paper we introduce the SEAP (Sensor Enablement for the Average Programmer) middleware which applies existing technologies developed for web programming to the task of collecting and using sensor data. We show how this approach can be used to create new applications and to update existing web applications to accept sensor data.

In this paper, we describe a demonstration of the SEAP middleware architecture applied to pervasive computing applications. SEAP, or Sensor Enablement for the Average Programmer, is an architectural pattern specifically targeted at junior and hobbyist level programmers. It builds on existing knowledge and technology resources commonly available to this target audience, and provides a friendly environment to create customized applications that interact with the physical world. While we discuss some of the motivation behind our work and give a brief overview of the SEAP architecture, the majority of this paper describes a proposed demonstration of the technology. This interactive demonstration is designed to be accessible to a wide variety of people, and to spur discussions on middleware for endusers of pervasive computing.