iCore presented an early prototype of its initial research findings at the Future Mobile Summitevent in Berlin between the 4th and the 6th July 2012 and won the "Runner-Up Demonstration Stand" award. The demonstration showed a working implementation of how IoT and cognitive technologies can be used to empower ICT applications in a Smart Home environment. Namely it showed what can be achieved virtualising sensing and actuating objects (iCore concept of Virtual Object), how VOs can be enriched with service logic (iCore concept of Composite Virtual Object) and used in a personalised way fitting the user context. Moreover, the demo showed how the use of cognitive technologies supports the user in the selection of the most appropriate objects to fit the application requirements, reusing as necessary objects outside the purpose for which they were originally deployed. Special acknowledgements for this achievement go to Vera Stavroulaki, Dimitris Kelaidonis, George Poulios, Vasilis Foteinos, Panagiotis Vlacheas (UPRC) and Andrey Somov (CREATE NET) for their efforts in the implementation of this demo.








