Location Awareness
Today’s cell phones, laptops, PDAs, digital cameras and other mobile devices are unaware of their shifting environments, but that’s all changing. Many of these devices now are being equipped with technology that lets them take stock of their surroundings. The buzzword for this technology is “Location Awareness” and it encompasses a whole hoard of new wireless equipment, expensive satellite systems, and complex radio networks. What obstacles confront this new technology and how might it change our relationship to the devices we use everyday?
Published: Nov 2007
Price: $29.95