What's wrong with them communicating all the time? I mean, think how lonely it must be to spend most of the day in someone's pocket and the rest on their nightstand or desk. Maybe they'd finally be happy devices and perform better when you need them.
You should take a look at "How the Universe Got its Spots" by Janna Levin [ISBN 1-4000-3272-5]. It's a great book that explains all the science and math that leads up to discovering whether the universe is finite or infinite in simple easy terms. If I recall, it's basically just a very long leadup to this news article. She continually tells that soon we'll be able to see what the universe is shaped like when we get this satellite data back. She talks a great detail about different sizes of universes.
There's also the fact that, when you're comparing with infinity, everything is small.
So give people a button they can press when they need *anything*.
This is what they have on planes. Sometimes it works, but often, the flight attendants don't notice it for some minutes. It's still easier to just call them by hand when they pass by. Buttons and sensors isn't the answer here; it's well trained people we need.
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What's wrong with them communicating all the time? I mean, think how lonely it must be to spend most of the day in someone's pocket and the rest on their nightstand or desk. Maybe they'd finally be happy devices and perform better when you need them.
There's also the fact that, when you're comparing with infinity, everything is small.