Increasing demand for easier life

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Breadcrumbs: The Future of Ubiquitous computing in 2025 --> Social: Increasing demand for easier life

Description

"If computers are everywhere, they better stay out of the way."
Mark Weiser, John Seely Brown

New technologies that significantly make people's life easier are extremly quickly adopted. A typical example is the microwave oven that revolutionarized the food preparation or cell phone that dramatically influenced communication among people.

Growing number of electronic devices used by individuals nowadays is often causing cognitive overload. Therefore introduction of ubiquitous computing has to be designed very carefully to make people's life easier rather than more complicated.

Ubiquitous computing allows for certain trivial routine tasks to become automated, allowing people to focus on more important tasks.

Enablers

  1. People's laziness
  2. Technologically savvy users
  3. Maintenance of quality of living
  4. Companies focusing on making products with easier usability of interfaces

Inhibitors

  1. Frustrating interfaces
  2. Costs

Paradigms

Ubiquitous computing allows for a shift in thinking about usability of products, focusing on movements natural to human to operate appliances. A paradigm in thought is established as people won't think of using applications anymore through computer, but as part of their environment.

Experts

  • Philips: Sense & Sensibility

Timing

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