A search for ubiquitous or pervasive computing can bring you intereting insights and references. Like, IEEE Pervasive Computing: http://www.computer.org/portal/site/pervasive/
BR, Ricardo Sato On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Barbara Ballard < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for clever example of mobile phones interacting with the > > environment, like in a museum or a retail space. I'm thinking of > > interactions like pushing information to phones while the person is > on-site, > > or having them use their phone to make queries or send text messages to > an > > on-site system. I feel like this has come up on the list before, but I > > didn't find anything in the archives. > > This is actually one of my passions regarding mobile. Relevant > technologies are Bluetooth, GPS and other location technologies, > camera, NFC, SMS. > > Camera: the Nokia phone that takes a picture of a piece of paper > currency, recognizes what it is, and announces it to the user, > verbally. Ta da! It's now harder for a blind user to be cheated. > > Camera: take a picture of a QR code, get info from a web page or MMS. > > Camera: take a picture of an arbitrary item, have it recognized (some > startup at CTIA) > > Camera: generic text recognition, both for business cards and others. > Want to read the menu in a foreign country? > > NFC: tap your phone on the turnstile in the subway; have your account > debited. (Tokyo and London already working) > > SMS or web: watch television, interact with it via the mobile. > > Bluetooth: file transfer stuff. VML is working with Bluetooth hotspot > advertising. > > > We tend to write about context a fair amount, and it came up at the > Design For Mobile conference. Check out > http://www.littlespringsdesign.com/blog/blog/category/context/ > and > http://www.littlespringsdesign.com/blog/blog/category/conference/ > > ~~~~ > Barbara Ballard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-785-838-3003 > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- R. Seiji Sato Interface Designer http://www.rseiji.com +55 11 8297-2930 São Paulo, Brasil ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
