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The Future of Context-Interactive Devices
Context awareness has become a hot topic in mobile devices. The idea seems self-evident: design these devices to be smart enough to adapt themselves to their users. In 2009, the Gartner Group defined context-aware computing as "the concept of leveraging information about the end user to improve the quality of interaction." Indeed, context awareness represents a fundamental shift in interactivity: instead of end users programming their devices with their preferences, devices observe their users and deduce what the users want and then adapt themselves accordingly. More>>

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Wikitude Takes Augmented Reality to the Web    May 17, 2012

Wikitude’s AR window enables users to view a live video stream from the smartphone’s camera on a mobile Web page, with augmented content superimposed on it, connecting the real world with computer-generated content from the Internet.More>>

Mersen Joins the SunSpec Alliance    May 17, 2012

The alliance is working to “create a common language that renewable energy component manufacturers can use to achieve plug-and-play interoperability between the components and management systems that make up renewable energy power generation systems.”More>>

Ambient Takes First Steps into European Market    May 17, 2012

The company will participate in the UK Low Carbon Networks Fund Technology Evaluation Project.More>>



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