Wednesday 30 April 2008

Group A - Introduction and abstract

Our definition of pervasive computing is where technology is advancing beyond the traditional personal computing (laptops and desktop) environment into embedded systems where the connectivity of many devices is invisible to the user. These devices can be in any form of natural or man-made products, like clothing, tools, appliances, cars, homes and the human body. It combines wireless computing, voice recognition, the Internet and AI to weave together all these aspects where the connectivity is "invisivible" and non-intrusive.

As a group, we arrived at this definition by discussing the 8 different examples from our original post and agreeing upon which was the most suitable and descriptive for our groups view on the subject.

These technologies are explored in more detail in our posts below, which contain our research material and our understanding of the technologies.

Our group posts cover how pervasive computing breaks the desktop computing paradigm, our analysis and evaluation of these technologies and how future HCI issues may arise with the implementation of technology into a wider audience.

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