I’ve been thinking a lot about the whole "post-PC" phenomenon, and have come to the conclusion that there’s no such thing. We’ve always had a continuum of devices, and a similar wide range of use ...

It’s been 25 years since the debut of UbiComp Lab, the University of Washington’s ubiquitous computing research initiative. In 1991, the idea of mobile health tools was far beyond the horizon. Today, ...

In this special guest feature, Arnab Mukherjee, Co-Founder and CTO at ZineOne Inc., discusses how ubiquitous computing, otherwise known as ‘ubicomp’ is not a completely new idea. It’s a concept in ...

*This is a very different paradigm from "ubiquitous computing covering the whole Earth like paint" and also very different from a Spime paradigm of "designed things as the atomic elements of an ...

Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless ...

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, will hold the annual ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2020) co-located with the ACM International ...

Last month, I discussed how ubiquitous computing meets the criteria that allow it to potentially displace the PC as the information appliance choice for most business users. As I define it, there are ...

The Ubicomp conference’s Demonstrations Program offers an excellent way to showcase tangible results of ubiquitous computing research and development to over 500 attendees from academia and industry.

Course description and purpose: INFO 4871/5871 introduces the field of ubiquitous computing, including sensors, ambient displays, tangibles, mobility, and location- and context-awareness. These topics ...