____________________[PRO] Ubiquitous Computing, Japanese Way

A few Japanese cities have embedded hundreds of electronic tags and road sensors in their pavement, sidewalks, and street furniture to help both tourists and the handicapped get around;  The watch-style version of the Ubiquitous Communicator reads tags and retrieves relevant data from the database server.

"A Japanese-government sponsored research consortium that include five chip makers and 17 other Japanese high-tech firms, has announced that the T-Engine, a ubiquitous computing platform is ready for prime time. The engine is featured in a IEEE Computer Society article [PDF] and discussed more on Windley's Technometria." - - Japanese T-Engine Enables Ubiquitous Computing @ /.

( A few Ubiquitous Quotes )

cross-posted to omnitelligence