UbiComp: MujiComp or RyanairComp?

MujiComp or RyanairComp?

John Waterworth

UK UPA – May 2012

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Mainframe computersPhotograph of IBM 360 from Erik Pitti on Flickr Commons

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Early home computingCover of the Prestel brochure. Copyright © 1979 British TelecomCover of the Computer Book by Laurie, Bradbeer and de Bono. Copyright © 1982 BBC Books

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Powerful computers everywhereImages of Apple computers from apple.com. Copyright © 2012 Apple Inc

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More connectedThe Wi-Fi logo is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance

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More awareScreen capture from the iHandySoft Inc. website

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Control systemsPhotograph of NASA 737 flight deck from NASA Langley Research Centre

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In the worldPhotograph of Congestion Charge cameras by Lars Plougmann on Flickr CommonsPhotographs of Congestion Charge and Oyster readers from tfl.gov.uk. Copyright © 2005 Transport for London

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In our homesPhotograph of Smart Washing Machine from nxp.com. Copyright © 2012 NXP Semiconductors

In artPhotograph of A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter by Caleb Larsen 10

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… an integral, invisible part of the way people live their lives.

Mark Weiser1991

Computer for the 21st C

Scientific American special issue on Communications, Computers and Networks, September 1991Photograph of Mark Weiser from Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

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Ubiquitous Computing

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EverywhereInvisibleAgencyAutonomy

UbiComp

EmbeddedSmartAwareConnected

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Feels like a tipping point

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Deptford power station, 1890Image Copyright © National Maritime Museum

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PeopleMoneyInfrastructureRegulationEtc.

Tipping is about …

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People

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People?

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Accept friend request?Still images from The Social Web of Things. Copyright © 2011 Ericsson

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No cookingStill image from Design for Dreaming. Copyright © 1956 General Motors

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MujiPhotograph of Muji Yurakucho superstore from muji.com. Copyright © 2011 Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.

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Tasteful, simple, clear, clean, contemporary, affordable, in order to be invited into the home.

Matt Jones2010

MujiComp

Source berglondon.com/blog/tag/mujicompPhotograph by Timo Arnall. Copyright © 2010 Berg Studios

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RyanairScreen capture of Ryanair website at ryanair.com

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Maybe this willbe more like RyanairCompthan MujiComp?John Waterworth

2011

RyanairComp

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We look at the present through arear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.Marshall McLuhan

1960?

Rear-view mirror

Photograph of Marshall McLuhan by John Reeves on Wikimedia Commons

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Popular fiction

Part of the cover image of Explorers on the Moon by Hergé. Copyright © 1954 Casterman

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Technology at your serviceStill image from Star Trek. Copyright © 2009 Paramount Pictures

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Wonderful worldStill from Star Trek Voyager. Copyright © 1998 Paramount Television

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Loss of privacy, intimacy, autonomyStill image from 1984. Copyright © 1984 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.Still image from TXH 1138. Copyright © 1971 Warner BrosCover of Penguin Classics edition of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Copyright © 1993 Penguin Books Ltd.

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Loss of privacy, intimacy, autonomyStill images from Black Mirror. Copyright © 2011 Channel 4

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False paradiseStill image from Logan’s Run. Copyright © 1976 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.Still image from The Island. Copyright © 2005 DreamWorks Productions, LLC.Still image from The Time Machine. Copyright © 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.

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Social divisionPublicity image for Gattaca. Copyright © 1997 Colombia Pictures Industries, Inc.Still image from Metropolis. Copyright © 2002 F.W. Murnau FoundationCover art for the first edition of Brave New World by Leslie Holland. Copyright © 1932 Chatto and Windus

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Intelligent machines turn evilCover art for first edition of I, Robot by Ed Cartier. Copyright © 1950 Gnome PressStill image from The Matrix. Copyright © 1999 Warner Bros.Cover art for Terminator 3: The Redemption video game. Copyright © 2004 Atari, SA

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Separation from naturePhotograph by akseabird on Flickr Commons

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Today’s problems and then someStill image from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Copyright © 1981 BBCStill images from Minority Report. Copyright © 2002 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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So …

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… in an atmosphere of private opulence and public squalor, the private goods have full sway.

JK Galbraith1958

The Affluent Society

Photograph by Royden Dixon from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog

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UbiComp Divide®

Wii publicity image from Nintendo. Copyright @ 2009 Nintendo of America, IncStill image from Black Mirror. Copyright © 2011 Channel 4

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