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Appliance Information Information Appliances and Beyond: Interaction Design for Consumer Products by Eric Bergman, Information Appliances and Beyond: Interaction Design for Consumer Products
i in the Sky: Visions of the Information Future by Alison Scammell, "i In the Sky" is a collection of essays by more than 40 experts, including such leading writers as Charles Handy, Don Tapscott, and Kevin Warwick, giving their personal vision of the future of information. Information here is given its widest meaning and includes such subjects as the Internet, electronic commerce, cybernetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, and even computers as fashion accessories. Information as phenomenon pervades all areas of life, and its evolution has consequences for everyone. Many of the essays have as their central themes the future of computer intelligence; library and information services; interactive Internet marketing; networked learning in higher education; the linking of technology enabling remote and online communication to the deconstruction of the modern corporation; artificial intelligence; scholarly communication; smart houses; intelligent appliances; etc.
Information appliance - An information appliance (IA) is any device that can process information, signals, graphics, animation, video and audio; and can exchange such information with another IA device. Typical devices could be smartphones, smartcard, PDAs, and so on. Information flow (information theory) - Information flow in an information theoretical context from a variable h to a variable l in a given process p is defined as the uncertainty before the process started minus the uncertainty after the process has terminated. This can be quantified as Unotchit - ... is the name of a "gizmo" invented by Margaret Atwood which allows someone to remotely sign a book as well as interact via video and audio. It is also the name of the company founded by Atwood which is developing the information appliance. Smartphone - A smartphone is any electronic handheld device that integrates the functionality of a mobile phone, personal digital assistant or other information appliance. This is often achieved by adding telephone functions to an existing PDA or putting "smart" capabilities, such as PDA functions, into a mobile phone. applianceinformation |
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