Mark Weiser (1991) extended the concept of ubiquitous\ncomputing and offered insights into its implementation. The concept distinctly\nrefers to computers that are so well integrated and accepted to all aspects of\nhuman activity, people are not conscious of their presence. These computers\nwould be almost everywhere and interoperate to subtly enhance our lives \u2013 that\nis to say that although the produce may be observed, the methods are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scale of ubiquitous computing can range from\ninterconnected health monitoring technologies around a person to large art\nexhibits. Applications could vary from home automation responding to predicted\nbehavioural patterns through to cities automating themselves and reporting on\nsocial or environmental anomalies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The embedded computer is typically a small component\nintegrated within a device that provides a limited functionality. Embedded\ncomputers enhance the device\u2019s performance by processing and responding to\nenvironmental sensors or user input. Users are typically unaware of their\npresence and typically do not interact directly with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ambient computing is the strategy to introduce useful\ninformation to end users in a more passive or subtle process. This is achieved\nby devices providing a limited scope of information, for example energy usage\nand by using methods more natural to humans such as changes to background noise\nor changes in colour.\n\nAmbient\ncomputing is an approach to allow greater acceptability of ubiquitous computing\nwithin our lives by avoiding the potentially overwhelming provision of\ninformation from a range of attention-seeking devices. Although ambient\ncomputing is already available from commercial sources, perhaps it\u2019s goal will\nnot yet be realised more fully until embedded computers are better integrated\nwith more common (i.e. less \u2018out of place\u2019) objects; a plant pot, for example.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mark Weiser (1991) extended the concept of ubiquitous computing and offered insights into its implementation. The concept distinctly refers to computers that are so well integrated and accepted to all aspects of human activity, people are not conscious of their presence. These computers would be almost everywhere and interoperate to subtly enhance our lives \u2013 that is to say that although the produce may be observed, the methods are not. The scale of ubiquitous computing can range from interconnected health monitoring technologies around a person to large art exhibits. Applications could vary from home automation responding to predicted behavioural patterns through to cities automating themselves and reporting on social or environmental anomalies. The embedded computer is typically a small component integrated within a device that provides a limited functionality. Embedded computers enhance the device\u2019s performance by processing and responding to environmental sensors or user input. Users are typically unaware of their presence and typically do not interact directly with them. Ambient computing is the strategy to introduce useful information to end users in a more passive or subtle process. This is achieved by devices providing a limited scope of information, for example energy usage and by using methods more natural[…]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"james","author_link":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/author\/james\/"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89zH1-98","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":567,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566\/revisions\/567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameshatton.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}