Category Archives: Ubiquitous computing

I love data – part 3

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

I noticed tonight that the GPS error on my running watch means that when I look at the data in aggregate, it creates quite a nice heat map of my favourite runs. I might try and figure out a way … Continue reading →

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I love data – part 2

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

Recently I took my Garmin Forerunner GPS watch with me and left it switched on while I had a helicopter ride with Sundance Helicopters to visit the Grand Canyon. Exporting the data to Google Earth allows me to recreate in … Continue reading →

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Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Skype Video Calls

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

There are few people who would count Skype as ubiquitous computing. However I’ve found it is not the technology that defines ubiquitous computing, but how it is applied. Since I moved to the US I’ve really enjoyed having a Skype … Continue reading →

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Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Nike Plus

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

For all the doom and gloom about the lack of real world ubiquitous computing (even I was guilty of it in my thesis), if you look around there are devices that support ubiquitous computing ideals. And I’m not talking about … Continue reading →

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Ubiquitous computing done right

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Tim Cederman-Haysom

I was happily surprised when I saw this video. I was sent it by Miles, and I think it is an outstanding example of ubiquitous computing. Amazingly it’s also several years old now, and part of Johnny Lee’s work at … Continue reading →

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