• DocumentCode
    50801
  • Title

    Societal Discussion Required? Ubicomp Products beyond Weiser´s Vision

  • Author

    Schmidt, Albrecht

  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Jan.-Mar. 2015
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    We often pay little attention to how our world has changed in the past 20 years through computing technologies, but if you walk around with open eyes, you see it everywhere. As a community, we need to be more aware of the impact and inspiration our research creates. Here, two new products--a pair of glasses to monitor cognitive activities and a sticker to monitor physical activities--are presented as examples of technologies that have a chance to make a great and positive impact on users. At the same time, these products could create controversy in society and require open discussions on what we can and should do.
  • Keywords
    interactive devices; ubiquitous computing; Weiser vision; cognitive activity monitoring; physical activity monitoring; ubicomp products; ubiquitous computing devices; Computer security; Privacy; Product development; Wearable computing; healthcare; pervasive computing; privacy; security; wearable computing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pervasive Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1268
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPRV.2015.15
  • Filename
    7030223