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Title: | Ubiquitous computing: Anytime, anyplace, anywhere? |
Authors: | Stanton, NA |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Publisher: | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates |
Citation: | International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 13(2): 107-111 |
Abstract: | Computers are ubiquitous, in terms that they are everywhere, but does this mean the same as ubiquitous computing? Views are divided. The convergent device (one-does-all) view posits the computer as a tool through which anything, and indeed everything, can be done (Licklider & Taylor, 1968). The divergent device (many-do-all) view, by contrast, offers a world where microprocessors are embedded in everything and communicating with one another (Weiser, 1991). This debate is implicitly present in this issue, with examples of the convergent device in Crook & Barrowcliff's paper and in Gay et al's paper, and examples of the divergent devices in Thomas & Gellersen's paper and Baber's paper. I suspect both streams of technology are likely to co-exist. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/1841 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S15327590IJHC1302_1 |
Appears in Collections: | Ergonomics Brunel Design School Research Papers |
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