Wednesday, October 08, 2003
At CMU, scientists are building sense into cell phones
This is a very practical example of context awareness - one of the "next big things" in HCI at the moment. the basic idea is that everyday technological artefacts, such as mobile phones, can be made "smarter" and more useful by making them sensitive to what's going on around them, ie the user's context.
Personally I just want people to have phones that can recognise when they're sitting in the "Quiet Zone" on the Virgin Intercity from Bham to Stafford, because their owners appear to be oblivious to the signs...
This is a very practical example of context awareness - one of the "next big things" in HCI at the moment. the basic idea is that everyday technological artefacts, such as mobile phones, can be made "smarter" and more useful by making them sensitive to what's going on around them, ie the user's context.
Personally I just want people to have phones that can recognise when they're sitting in the "Quiet Zone" on the Virgin Intercity from Bham to Stafford, because their owners appear to be oblivious to the signs...
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