— Ubiquitous computing provides services to users, according to their current situation. Interactions with such programs are as implicit as possible. We find among the applicati...
We present a tangible user interface based upon mediaBlocks: small, electronically tagged wooden blocks that serve as physical icons (“phicons”) for the containment, transport...
Despite all the attempts of modern information technology to supplant paper by sophisticated electronic devices, paper is still omnipresent in virtually any office environment. W...
: Ubiquitous computing could help the organisation and the mediation of social interactions wherever and whenever these situations might occur. Using those technologies enables the...
Hiroaki Ogata, Chengjiu Yin, Moushir M. El-Bishout...
In this paper, we introduce the concepts of "cooperative buildings" and "roomware" and place them in the context of the integrated design of real, physical, res...