Comments on: Point Counterpoint http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/ What's going to go wrong in our e-enabled world? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: wendyg http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-77 wendyg Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:57:03 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-77 Yes, the speaker said they were different words for the same thing, hence the specification by locale. CA = California. Which you pick is up to you - I think pervasive is probably the worst option, as it's mostly an IBM term. I'd either take the term that's going to be in many of the media write-ups (ubiquitous), or the one EU government stuff will use (ambient). I favor ubiquitous, personally. wg Yes, the speaker said they were different words for the same thing, hence the specification by locale.

CA = California.

Which you pick is up to you - I think pervasive is probably the worst option, as it’s mostly an IBM term. I’d either take the term that’s going to be in many of the media write-ups (ubiquitous), or the one EU government stuff will use (ambient). I favor ubiquitous, personally.

wg

]]> By: William http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-63 William Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:15:20 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-63 Wendy - where you say Ubiquitous (CA) / Pervasive (IBM) / Ambient (EU) are these synonymous? And which CA do we mean? And which term should we stick with? The EU one? Wendy - where you say Ubiquitous (CA) / Pervasive (IBM) / Ambient (EU)
are these synonymous?
And which CA do we mean?
And which term should we stick with? The EU one?

]]> By: wendyg http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-48 wendyg Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:19:53 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-48 Yes. I had breakfast with Melanie (whose last name escapes me) and asked her about the possibility of someone equipped with her technology getting near immigration and jamming all the passport chips. Yes, she said, possible, though they might notice you. (Not, I think, if you seemed to be just there on line.) But, she said, "Every technology can be used for good or bad." wg Yes. I had breakfast with Melanie (whose last name escapes me) and asked her about the possibility of someone equipped with her technology getting near immigration and jamming all the passport chips. Yes, she said, possible, though they might notice you. (Not, I think, if you seemed to be just there on line.) But, she said, “Every technology can be used for good or bad.”

wg

]]> By: William Heath http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-47 William Heath Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:08:49 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-47 That's one of the most absurd EU acronyms yet :-) I like the idea that each technology may breed it's equal and opposite. That's the sort of rule of thumb that, if true, helps us anticipate the blindside. That’s one of the most absurd EU acronyms yet :-)

I like the idea that each technology may breed it’s equal and opposite. That’s the sort of rule of thumb that, if true, helps us anticipate the blindside.

]]> By: Ian Brown http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-33 Ian Brown Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:54:41 +0000 http://www.blindside.org.uk/2007/03/28/42/#comment-33 To their credit, the social impact of ambient tech is a big EU concern. They funded a project Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (<a href="http://swami.jrc.es/pages/index.htm" rel="nofollow">SWAMI</a>) that has some useful reports. To their credit, the social impact of ambient tech is a big EU concern. They funded a project Safeguards in a World of Ambient Intelligence (SWAMI) that has some useful reports.

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