1. Ubicomp and Libraries Chris Peters and Michael Porter Internet Librarian, Oct. 2008

2. Terminology Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp) Pervasive Computing Ambient Intelligence The Internet of Things

3. What Trends and Technologies Will Power Ubicomp? –Cheap information processing –Cheap memory and storage –Wireless networking –Interoperability and open standards –Universal addressability (i.e. IPv6) –Sensors –Position awareness –Power

4. Visions of Ubiquitous Computing Low cost, low power embedded in everyday objects The Post-P.C. Environment Computers should be invisible and unobtrusive Technology should create calm

5. Visions of Ubiquitous Computing Embedded Context aware Personalized Adaptive Anticipatory

6. Ubiquitous Computing Happens at the scale of: The Body The Room The Building

7. Everyday objects have –Location awareness –Social awareness –Time awareness (History) Spimes

9. Calm Technology

13. Location Based Services

16. Fabbing Digital Fabricators Rapid Prototypers 3-D Printers Desktop Manufacturing

22. Fabbing Projects Fab @ Home Rep Rap Project Fab Lab

23. Biotelemetry

26. RFID for tracking patients, wheelchairs

27. Biofeedback

30. Identification

33. Data Portability Standards

34. Library Applications Location-based reference Anticipatory reference Information therapy Emotion mapping of the library Community manufacturing center

35. Sources Everyware by Adam Greenfield Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling Ambient Findability by Peter Morville When Things Can Think by Gershenfeld Fab Lab by Gershenfeld

36. Contact Info http://del.icio.us/cpetersc72/ubicomp OR http://tinyurl.com/5lw9es cpeters@techsoup.org