As mentioned in my previous post, Carnegie Mellon University has launched a new Mobility Research Center as a new CyLab initiative.
See: http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/July/july11_mobilityresearch.shtml for details of the announcement.
On July 1, 2008 I hosted a Mobility Research Summit at our Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View to explore the vision, directions and issues to be addressed by […]
Its time to move from the plain old mobile phone to the fully mobile companion or mobile assistant
Today, powerful mobile appliances such as smart phones, Internet tablets, and personal or in-vehicle transportation guides already offer greatly improved access to communication and “conventional” Internet services, integrating email, web access and messaging, and using voice and gesture […]
In the past month, I’ve attended two conferences addressing this question.
Jonathan Zittrain led off the Berkman@10 conference with an overview of his compelling book, The Future of the Internet– and How to Stop It. He claims that the generative power of the web is threatened by many forces exemplified by the iPhone. I thought Steve […]
Carnegie Mellon West/UC Berkeley “The Mobile Future” Conference – Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. A great line up of speakers is now confirmed (visit http://west.cmu.edu/sofcon08). Registration has begun!
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The public transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area and many other places is unsatisfactory and very expensive to extend. Partly, this is because communities have sprawled, depending on private car ownership. Maybe autonomous vehicles supported by a great information system could supplement mass transit in a significant way. Modern information technology […]
Jim,
As I was trying to understand where the angles might be in mobile computing, I came across this (cell phone soft), which says it is very difficult to start such a business. Thought you might be interested plus I wonder if you have a counter argument. –Stu
Cell Phone Software: The Billion-Dollar Sand Trap
We all know […]
This blog is intended to foster discussion about mobile computing research. A group at Carnegie Mellon’s Silicon Valley campus started it, but anyone is encouraged to contribute.
Also, we’re holding a one day conference on mobile computing on 4/22 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. See http://west.cmu.edu/west_connect/events_news/events/14607447.html
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