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Friday, July 1, 2016

Slowly and surely the age of pervasive computing crept upon humanity

If found myself reading some pervasive computing news recently which reminded me that we are in the middle of a revolution. The two pieces were relatively innocent. 


Yes, the world of gadgets is getting smarter. When I wrote about the coming age of pervasive computing on this blog, more than 5 years ago I claimed that the age of pervasive computing has not come yet, and stated that only when all things, including everyday artifacts such as chairs, paintings and pens will be computerized,  shall that age truly come. I still hold firm  in this belief, but as time goes by, one has to admit that we are in a twilight age, a period where things are becoming less and less distinct. 

It reminds me of the old joke, "Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Windows  user ..." (there are other variations, regarding other prey). Looking around, we see that joke fulfilled. The most common operating system in smartphones is Unix (more accurately, a Linux; more accurately: Android). 

This slow and sure creeping is now being performed by the age of pervasive computing. But what is the line-of-no-return? Surely not at this stage of early-bird gadgets, such as the Echo. 








2 comments:

  1. Hi there! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering if you knew where I could get a captcha plugin for my comment form?
    I'm using the same blog platform as yours and I'm having trouble finding one?
    Thanks a lot!

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  2. Sorry for the late reply. The captcha in this blog is part of Google Blogger's infrastructure.

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