The Future: Ubiquitous Computing

Published: July 4, 2007, 8:22 pm

Computing, over the past 50+ years, has gone through two distinct phases: the mainframe era and the personal computing era. The third phase has begun and you may have not even noticed that is the way it is supposed to be. Ubiquitous means existing or being everywhere at the same time, i.e. constantly encountered. Ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp , as it has been tagged will define the future of computing.The distinguishing feature of ubicomp will be the lack of interface. Everything will be controlled by natural actions as opposed to the point-and-click interfaces we have all grown used to.Right now we receive information in two distinct ways: pull or push. Pull can be characterized by a user sitting down at a computer, firing up Google, and searching for specific information in real-time. Push is characterized by receiving filtered information based on user preferences; much like the personalized text messages on your cell phone informing you of weather or

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