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Everyware : the dawning age of ubiquitous computing
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Everyware : the dawning age of ubiquitous computing

Author: Adam Greenfield
Publisher: Berkeley, CA : New Riders, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Ubiquitous computing - almost imperceptible, but everywhere around us - is rapidly becoming a reality. How will it change us? How can we shape its emergence? Smart buildings, smart furniture, smart clothing ... even smart bathtubs. Networked street signs and self-describing soda cans. Gestural interfaces like those seen in Minority Report. The RFID tags now embedded in everything from credit cards to the family  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Adam Greenfield
ISBN: 0321384016 9780321384010
OCLC Number: 67230587
Notes: Includes index.
Description: iii, 267 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: What is everyware? --
How is everyware different from what we're used to? --
What's driving the emergence of everyware? --
What are the issues we need to be aware of? --
Who gets to determine the shape of everyware? --
When do we need to begin preparing for everyware? --
How mights we safeguard our prerogatives in an everyware world?
Responsibility: by Adam Greenfield.
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Smart buildings, smart furniture, networked street signs and self-describing soda cans, all of these are facets of ubiquitous computing the author calls "everyware". This work explains how everyware  Read more...

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