Ubiquitous Computing

What is calm technology?

"that which informs but doesn't demand our focus or attention".

Principles of UC ?

- 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.

When was the term ubiquitous computing first used?

1984

Who said "the inventions we label "technologies" are simply those which haven't yet become an invisible, effortless part of our lives."

Douglas Adams

The name for an all persuasive technology that has the answers to all questions in one place?

Intelligent Cloud

What are Ubicomp applications?

Interactions are based on specific context with improvised and dynamic interaction

Who first used the term ubiquitous computing?

Mark Weiser

What is nanotechnology?

The trend toward miniaturization of computer computer components components down to an atomic scale

What is a UCE?

Universal Computing Environment

The promise ubiquitous computing?

a life in which our tasks are powerfully, though invisibly, assisted by computers

What is Ubiquitous Computing?

many devices available throughout the physical environment

Ubiquitous means..?

present everywhere