Everyware

The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing

Adam Greenfield

268 pages, parution le 10/04/2006

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Résumé

Tom Cruise and the interactive advertisements in Minority Report. Bruce Willis and the GPS taxi tracking in The Fifth Element. Embedded computing isn't just celluloid fantasy technology. Computers have moved off the desktop and into mainstream life- affecting us everyday from shopping online to paying tolls. You see embedded technology all around: in camera phones and PDAs, the EZPass that lets us cruise through the tollbooth without stopping, ID chips that help return our lost pets, iris scanners that admit us to high-security areas, and GPS systems that keep our cars on course. And this convergence and invisibility will only grow more powerful. In this uniquely engaging approach to this complex topic, information architect and design visionary Adam Greenfield explores what he calls Everyware, how ubiquitous computing and technology is reshaping our lives. In byte-sized thesis-like chapters, Greenfield reveals the technologies, practices, innovations, and policies that combine to create this environment where nearly every object is enabled with surprising new properties, allowing people to move around and interact with computers more naturally than ever. For a thought-provoking discussion on how computers are transforming the way we live, this is the place to turn.

L'auteur - Adam Greenfield

Designer numérique, essayiste et éditorialiste, critique de "l'informatique omniprésente", Adam Greenfield est l'un des architectes de l'information les plus influents de notre époque. Il a dirigé notamment le département du Design numérique du fameux cabinet Razorfish à Tokyo.

Sommaire

What is everyware?
How is everyware different from what we're used to?
What's driving the emergence of everyware?
What are the issues we need to be aware of?
Who gets to determine the shape of everyware?
When do we need to begin preparing for everyware?
How might we safeguard our prerogatives in an ever/ware world?

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	New Riders
Auteur(s)	Adam Greenfield
Parution	10/04/2006
Nb. de pages	268
Format	15,5 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	365g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321384010
ISBN13	978-0-321-38401-0