Lecture Notes Ubiquitous Computing

Lecture Notes: Ubiquitous Computing Origins: Research PARC

The purpose of a computer is to help you do something else. The best computer is a quiet and invisible servant.  The more you can do by intuition the smarter you are; the computer should extend your unconscious. Technology should create calm.

Notification-driven interaction: You used to open the phone to do something. Now the phone “opens” you.

Cell towers (and places) scale with population;

EMOTO Push channels (Apple has its own Channel)

Trans-Theoretical Model of Behavior Change      Pre-contemplation      Contemplation      Preparation      Action      Maintenance      Termination

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