ubiquitous computing


ubiquitous computing

Computers everywhere. Making many computers availablethroughout the physical environment, while making themeffectively invisible to the user. Ubiquitous computing isheld by some to be the Third Wave of computing. The FirstWave was many people per computer, the Second Wave was oneperson per computer. The Third Wave will be many computersper person. Three key technical issues are: powerconsumption, user interface, and wireless connectivity.

The idea of ubiquitous computing as invisible computation wasfirst articulated by Mark Weiser in 1988 at the ComputerScience Lab at Xerox PARC.

http://ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/weiser.html.