Thе Disаppеаring Computеr: Intеrаction Dеsign, Systеm Infrаstructurеs аnd Applicаtions for Smаrt Environmеnts (Lеcturе Notеs in Computеr Sciеncе / Informаtion ... Applicаtions, incl. Intеrnеt/Wеb, аnd HCI)
Publisher: Springеr
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-06-27
List price: $69.95
“The-computer-as-we-know-it” will have no role in our future everyday lives. This is the position taken in this book which elaborates how it will be replaced by a new generation of technologies, moving computing off the desktop and ultimately integrating it with real world objects and everyday environments. Computing becomes thus an inseparable part of our everyday activities while simultaneously disappearing into the background. It becomes a ubiquitous utility taking on a role similar to electricity – an enabling but invisible and pervasive medium revealing its functional...