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Ubiquitous Computing — The Invisible Assistant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-toys-the-better dept.

ChelleChelle writes "Rather than focusing so much on an explanation of ubiquitous computing and its history, this article presents an actual experimental system designed to operate within a cell biology lab. The application, known as Labscape, was intended to function as an 'invisible assistant,' using context to organize and record information and predicting what would be needed by the researchers as any point in time. The author nicely sums up the article at the end by providing several important lessons about building proactive applications."

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  1. So honey... by legoburner · · Score: 3, Funny

    "So honey, this is where I work, and here is the automated assistant bot"
    "*beep* Here is some monkey-on-chimp pornography which you appear to read alone every tuesday at 10.00. I hope I was able to assist"
    "er..."

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  2. Autogenerated reply by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This reply was generated by CoderScape 1.0 software in order to save my user's time:

    I for one welcome our new "Ubiquitous Computing -- The Invisible Assistant " overlords.

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    This article is not meant to be a troll so don't mod me down, but I don't agree with Ubiquitous Computing -- The Invisible Assistant because [select from: dupe, FUD, advert, grammar].

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  3. Re:Looks interesting by FishCalledOscar · · Score: 2, Funny

    Write only media is great. I have a 90 terrabyte write only disk that can hold absolutely everything I ever dreamed of. It's like a bottomless well! It's also great for backups because there is so very much space. Funny thing though, I keep writing to it and it still reports 90 terrabytes! I guess I haven't made a dent yet. It's tiny too. It looks like a broken USB flash drive.

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