Ubiquitous computing, unattainable?
Today in class we talked a lot about whether or not the ideas and dreams surrounding ubiquitous computing will ever actually take place. Is this something that is just not feasible? For example, before we can walk into a room and have a sensor on our watch notify the room of our presence, and the room respond with the schedule of meetings to take place in that day, who will be at those meetings, and ask “Dr. Ursic, would you like to be scheduled into one of these meetings, if so please say which one and I will notify your Palm and those facilitating the meeting,” all the parts that go into this must be created, and work. The ability to have a room respond to us is to an extent possible now, so that is present. But the technology to have such a system so synched and networked with your Palm, schedules of the meetings, and the ability to schedule based on voice activation is not here, and it may never be. But I am sure those such as Mark Weiser will keep the dream alive, keep pushing for this, keep hoping. I hope along with them.
Comments
Posted by: Kenny Long
Posted on: December 2, 2005 10:21 AM
I hope some day we do reach ubiquity.
Posted by: Maria Yelich
Posted on: December 4, 2005 04:33 PM
The idea of having everything synched is mind boggling. I would love to see how such technology would shape society.