Ubiquitous computing

Ubiquitous computing is transfer of technology that becomes invisible. This means instead of having a desktop or a laptop machine, we will have the technology implanted in the environment around us. When it came to what Riley said about “is it responsible to ignore or minimize the potential for misuse of a technology simply to realize its benefits?” I believe that he is right. By misusing the technology you realize the benefits of having it. If someone doesn’t have it then they won’t know how much people need technology.

In Mark Weiser article he speaks about how technology changes or even disappears. For example he is says “Such a disappearance is a fundamental consequence not of technology, but of human psychology. Whenever people learn something sufficiently well, they cease to be aware of it.” I believe that what he foresees for the future with the technology changing will come true but some technologies won’t disappear.

The article in the BBC Bill Gates said, “In particular, he said, touch, vision and speech interfaces would become increasingly important?” I feel that he might be right because of ubiquitous computing and technology changing.

When it comes down to it ubiquitous computing is going to be around for a while. It will be technology implanted in the environment around us and it won’t disappear.

When it came to the podcast it was interesting. That was the first time that I ever listened to a podcast before. I might seek them out now since this one was something that I am now interested in.