Ubicomp and Libraries
Chris Peters and Michael Porter
Internet Librarian, Oct. 2008
Terminology
• Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp)
• Pervasive Computing
• Ambient Intelligence
• The Internet of Things
What Trends and Technologies Will Power Ubicomp?
– Cheap information processing– Cheap memory and storage– Wireless networking – Interoperability and open standards– Universal addressability (i.e. IPv6)– Sensors – Position awareness– Power
Visions of Ubiquitous Computing
• Low cost, low power embedded in everyday objects
• The Post-P.C. Environment
• Computers should be invisible and unobtrusive
• Technology should create calm
Visions of Ubiquitous Computing
• Embedded
• Context aware
• Personalized
• Adaptive
• Anticipatory
Ubiquitous Computing
Happens at the scale of:
The Body
The Room
The Building
• Everyday objects have– Location awareness– Social awareness – Time awareness (History)
Spimes
Calm Technology
Location Based Services
Fabbing
• Digital Fabricators
• Rapid Prototypers
• 3-D Printers
• Desktop Manufacturing
Fabbing Projects
• Fab @ Home
• Rep Rap Project
• Fab Lab
Biotelemetry
RFID for tracking patients, wheelchairs
Biofeedback
Identification
Library Applications
• Location-based reference
• Anticipatory reference
• Information therapy
• Emotion mapping of the library
• Community manufacturing center
Sources
• Everyware by Adam Greenfield
• Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling
• Ambient Findability by Peter Morville
• When Things Can Think by Gershenfeld
• Fab Lab by Gershenfeld
Contact Info
• http://del.icio.us/cpetersc72/ubicomp
OR
• http://tinyurl.com/5lw9es
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