2. Terminology
• Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp)
• Pervasive Computing
• Ambient Intelligence
• The Internet of Things
3. What Trends and Technologies Will
Power Ubicomp?
– Cheap information processing
– Cheap memory and storage
– Wireless networking
– Interoperability and open standards
– Universal addressability (i.e. IPv6)
– Sensors
– Position awareness
– Power
4. Visions of Ubiquitous Computing
• Low cost, low power embedded in
everyday objects
• The Post-P.C. Environment
• Computers should be invisible and
unobtrusive
• Technology should create calm
33. Library Applications
• Location-based reference
• Anticipatory reference
• Information therapy
• Emotion mapping of the library
• Community manufacturing center
34. Sources
• Everyware by Adam Greenfield
• Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling
• Ambient Findability by Peter Morville
• When Things Can Think by Gershenfeld
• Fab Lab by Gershenfeld
All of the above mean roughly the same thing, though academics might argue that there are distinctions.
Single purpose devices vs. multiple purpose Everday surfaces and objects The idea is as simple as its application is difficult. If all cans, books, shoes or parts of cars are equipped with minuscule identifying devices, daily life on our planet will undergo a transformation. Things like running out of stock or wasted products will no longer exist as we will know exactly what is being consumed on the other side of the globe. Theft will be a thing of the past as we will know where a product is at all times. The same applies to parcels lost in the post The purpose of a computer is to help you do something else. The best computer is a quiet, invisible servant. The more you can do by intuition the smarter you are; the computer should extend your unconscious . Technology should create calm. Polite technology
Attention Fader by Schulz and Webb at http://schulzeandwebb.com/2005/cpa/
OK, looks a little like a Sharper Image product, but it’s an idea www.ambientdevices.com
www.ambientdevices.com
Available on Sprint and T-Mobile phones with GPS Lets you see where your friends are Similar to Dodgeball
Brainstorming with materials
This and following four images from www.fabathome.org
From the SenseWear website: www.sensewear.com
From Business Week “Japan’s Royal Thrones” http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/12/1230_smarttoilet/index_01.htm
www.neurosky.com www.emotiv.com Drive a wheelchair Drive a car Gaming applications
http://suniljohn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/qr-code-wallscape-london.jpg QR codes Semacodes Semapedia
CharmBadge – Collects information about the time and duration of your interactions. Displays affinity information. http://www.charmed.com/charmbadge.html http://www.imtc.gatech.edu/projects/technology/CharmBadge.html