http://www.cambridge-mit.org/cgi-bin/default.pl?SID=6&SSSID=446&SSSSID=366
As a general rule, this blog discusses the here-and-now, with only occasional looks at big questions or future potentials. In this case, however, the fact that the concepts discussed in the indexed article have yet to be implemented [and indeed, the question of whether they can be implemented is indeed beggable] is overshadowed by just how basic the concepts are in the IT industry. For the fact, as every technogeek knows, is that computers are our masters, not our servants -- we must accommodate their interfaces, properties, and methods, rather than the other way round.
Apart from the general damage this does to humanity [which however unquantifiable, cannot be lightly dismissed], the more important issue, especially from the hardware manufacturer's point of view, is how such inflexibility serves as a barrier to adoption. This article discusses a 'pervasive computing' research initiative joining the computer, communications, academia, and industry players in one group to help address how to make computing easier and better.
For every time I have moaned: "It shouldn't have to be this hard!", I can see this intitiative as one with major potential, very well worth tracking, and a useful source of all sorts of teaching moments.
Another perspective on this pervasive computing concept can be found here:
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/1124
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