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| The Father Of Ubiquitous Computing |
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posted by Editor on Saturday October 06, @12:20PM
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Mark Weiser (1952-1999) is credited with inventing the concept of Ubiquitous Computing, which suggests that technology should recede into the background of our lives rather than dominate it. A key component of his vision is Calm Technology, which lets users select what information is at the center of their attention, and what information is peripheral. Weiser viewed Ubiquitous Computing as the antithesis of Virtual Reality, in that VR puts people inside a computer-generated world, while Ubiquitous Computing forces the computer into the real world alongside people. Here is the 1991 Scientific American article that introduced the idea of Ubiquitous Computing, and here is the original paper on Calm Technology that includes the famous dangling string example. Also, here is another good page from Stanford University that concisely summarizes Weiser's ideas.
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