mobile phones tag
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Mobile as a Behavior Change Agent
in past blogs, but collective behavior starts with single individuals changing their own behavior which is where mobile become such a revolutionary platform. The notion of providing people information or insights that can "nudge" their behavior must be done at the right time, in context to have the right effect. Something only mobile can do as a communications medium, since it can reach the "last foot" wherever you are. Feedback loops have existing for sometime (such as showing you your own driving speed in a school zone or showing you calories burned on an exercise machine), but mobile is taking this to another level of engagement (http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/ff_feedbackloop/all/1) Full Story
Posted on June 26, 2011 4:27 PM
User Interface Breakthrough?
When will we see the fundamental User Interface for Mobile devices change? I do not consider touch screens a major UI breakthrough given they have been around since the 1980's. Fundamentally, we have had the same windows/pointer based interface for the past 30 years! So are we ready for a change? Full Story
Posted on May 25, 2010 9:44 PM
Mobile Phones as Toxin Sensors
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20005058-247.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Full Story
Posted on May 15, 2010 8:22 PM
Cheap flying sensors
At the 2010 CES show in January, one of the more interesting products unveiled was the AR Drone by Parrot Systems http://ardrone.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en Full Story
Posted on March 12, 2010 5:07 PM
Smart Dust and Digital Swarms
The recent article in the New York Times, (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31unboxed.html) , "Smart Dust are We There yet?" talks about the progress in distributed wireless sensors which I have talked about in previous blogs. While we continue along the Moore's Law track towards smaller more capable nano-sensors, the more interesting part of the story is the surge in Participitory sensing where humans and their phones are the sensors. Full Story
Posted on February 2, 2010 8:27 PM
Feedback on 4G Future Scenarios
I got to spend yesterday speaking and moderating a panel at the 4GWE conference in Miami http://4g-wirelessevolution.tmcnet.com/conference/east-10/ where a number of industry players and thought leaders exchanged ideas on the future of wireless and the path to 4G Full Story
Posted on January 21, 2010 8:19 AM
Capturing your life via 4G
The application we have all been waiting for us finally here. The ability to record your everyday life on video. uCorder Full Story
Posted on January 7, 2010 10:47 PM
The Power of the Mobile Community
As you can see from my other entries, one of my passions is finding new examples of Digital Swarms in action. Two user-driven services that have become very popular are Trapster (www.trapster,com) and Urban Spoon (www.urbanspoon.com). Full Story
Posted on December 30, 2009 7:38 AM
