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He argued that for a technology to be really ubiquitous it should be interlaced or embedded into the fabric of everyday life and should become completely indistinguishable and invisible from its background or surrounding. Thus, the main idea was to use omnipresent devices with computational power and communication abilities that function invisibly so that the computer systems minimize the demands on users and are, in fact, invisible to most users.
Indeed, many of the speculative and science-fiction shows of the 1960s-1980s show a world in which communication is at the touch of a button, meals are automatically prepared, artwork and music changed depending on the mood of the individual, etc. While the notion of pervasive computing in total is not yet a reality, it is certainly closer than we might think; both culturally and technologically. It seems that for society to be ready for technological advances they must be acculturated first -- which is likely what the media has done for over three decades now.
For instance, one need only observe a regular demographic crowd in a Mall or grocery store to find that...
and, speaking of mail and communications; email, blogs, and social networking are no longer the paradigm of youth, but a part of society so standard that most grandparents think nothing of using digital technology and social network sharing to chronicle their family. It is certainly not a matter of whether this is good or bad -- moral or immoral -- it is a set of tools that allows a change in expectations for society and while it may not be occurring as rapidly as the Star Trek universe hoped, it is certainly rapidly marching forward.
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CTIA Corporation. (June 2010). Wireless Quick Facts. Cited in:
http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/aid/10323
Weiser, M. (September 1991). "The Computer for the 21st Century." Scientific American.
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REFERENCES
CTIA Corporation. (June 2010). Wireless Quick Facts. Cited in:
http://www.ctia.org/advocacy/research/index.cfm/aid/10323
Weiser, M. (September 1991). "The Computer for the 21st Century." Scientific American.
265 (3): 94-104.
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