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ACMDIS
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Supporting ethnographic studies of ubiquitous computing in the wild
Ethnography has become a staple feature of IT research over the last twenty years, shaping our understanding of the social character of computing systems and informing their desig...
Andy Crabtree, Steve Benford, Chris Greenhalgh, Pa...
ACMDIS
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
The history tablecloth: illuminating domestic activity
The History Tablecloth is a flexible substrate screen-printed with electroluminescent material forming a grid of lace-like elements. When objects are left on the table, cells bene...
William W. Gaver, John Bowers, Andy Boucher, Andy ...
ACMDIS
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
External representations in ubiquitous computing design and the implications for design tools
One challenge for ubiquitous computing is providing appropriate tools for professional designers, thus leading to stronger user-valued applications. Unlike many previous tool-buil...
Steven Dow, T. Scott Saponas, Yang Li, James A. La...
WMTE
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Invisibility Considered Harmful: Revisiting Traditional Principles of Ubiquitous Computing in the Context of Education
Ubiquitous computing, as a subfield of computer science, has traditionally been associated with a set of principles expressed (loosely but tellingly) with terms like transparency,...
Michael Eisenberg, Ann Eisenberg, Leah Buechley, N...
ICWMC
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Power Characterization of a Bluetooth-based Wireless Node for Ubiquitous Computing
Abstract— Ubiquitous computing refers to making many computing devices available throughout the physical environment, while making them effectively invisible to the user. To furt...
Juan-Carlos Cano, José-Manuel Cano, Eva Gon...
ICDCSW
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
Architecture for Providing Services in the Ubiquitous Computing Environment
Computing and telecommunications are maturing, and Ubiquitous computing has become quite interesting as a new environment in which to seek new services. The goal of Ubiquitous com...
Goro Kunito, Kenji Sakamoto, Naoharu Yamada, Tatsu...
PDCAT
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
A Service Discovery Framework for Ubiquitous Computing
This paper presents a novel service discovery framework for ubiquitous computing called Ubiquitous Computing Service Discovery Framework (UCSDF). UCSDF offers a more flexible and ...
Xiaoguang Gu, Hongzhou Shi, Jian Ye, Zhenmin Zhu
HUC
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Yours, Mine and Ours? Sharing and Use of Technology in Domestic Environments
Domestic technologies have been a popular area of study for ubiquitous computing researchers, however there is relatively little recent data on how families currently use and share...
A. J. Bernheim Brush, Kori M. Inkpen
GI
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Potentials and Requirements of Mobile Ubiquitous Computing for Public Transport
: Public transport plays an important role in our society which is characterized by mobility, individuality, comfort and ecological constraints. It is common opinion that public tr...
Holger Mügge, Karl-Heinz Lüke, Matthias ...
EUC
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Palpability Support Demonstrated
Abstract. In ubiquitous computing, as more and more devices are embedded into the environment, there is a risk that the user loses the understanding of the system. In normal use th...
Jeppe Brønsted, Erik Grönvall, David F...