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Nostalgia for an age yet to come
Publications News & events To see a history of earlier news and events from the group, click here. Mobile
media projects concern how we create and interact with digital content
on mobile devices. This can for instance be music, photos, text and
images that we want to share or experience while on the move. Project:
Sonic
City We
are developing a system that enables users to create electronic music
in real time by walking through and interacting with the urban
environment. This project explores the use of public space and everyday
behaviours for creative purposes, in particular the city as an
interface and mobility as an interaction model for electronic music
making. Project:
Mobile Music Mobile
music devices such as MP3 players are transforming the way in which we
consume music. We are investigating the music habits both ordinary
music users and people in the music business, and will use this as
basis for developing new mobile music applications. Project:
Picture This! Digital
cameras have introduced completely new opportunities for
rapidly creating images. Based on investigations in how photography has
historically been used
for documentation and artistic purposes, we are exploring new ways of
sharing
and creating digital photographs. Project:
Collaborative
Games In
the Collaborative Games project we introduce several new ways to play
wireless mobile computer games! Using handheld devices connected in
Wireless LAN ad hoc networks, Collaborative Games explore the
possibilities of arranging the displays of multiple devices together to
form larger play areas and encourage people to collaborate to play the
games! Project: Tejp Project: Total Recall Project: Robots in
everyday life Ubiqutious
displays are information displays that are integrated into everyday
environments - not just on the desktop. They can take the form of
traditional LCD screens, but also be something else - for instance
intelligent push-pins. Project:
Pin&Play We
are
developing applications for a system of "intelligent push-pins", that
communicate
through and draw power from the surface to which they are attached.
During
fall 2002, we will perform a number of workshops with potential users
to
explore possible applications for Pin&Play. Project:
Informative
Art Informative
Art takes the form of "digital paintings", that mimic the styles of
ordinary visual art, while at the same time providing dynamically
updated information from some information source. We are currently
developing new forms of informative art to install and evaluate in
public places. Project:
Smart-Its Smart-Its
are generic, cheap computational devices that can be used for post-hoc
computational enhancement of everyday objects. In the form factor of a
sticker, Smart-Its allow objects to perceive their environment,
communicate with peers, and have
customizable behavior. Smart-Its is part of the Euroepan Union's Disappearing Computer
intitiative. Project:
OpenTrek and GapiDraw A
platform for development of real-time graphics and ad-hoc networking
applications on
Pocket PC. OpenTrek and GapiDraw have been used in education and will
feature in several FAL projects. Project:
Ubiquitous Graphics We
are
currently developing a new technology for turning literally any
surface into a potential computer graphics display. More
information will follow as it becomes avilable. Project: The Idea Factory Idea Factory is a meta-project about developing the methods and means to create inventive future applications. Every morning at 9.30 we run a brainstorming session to explore new themes and ideas. If you happen to be in the area one morning and want to join, contact Lars Erik Holmquist! We have ties with the Göteborg IT University, where Lars Erik Holmquist holds a guest chair in Ubiquitous Computing At
the IT University, we run doctorate courses in ubiquitous computing,
with the ambition to expand this to a full Ph.D. program. We
are
also active in the Mobile Informatics and Intelligent Systems Design
masters programs at the Göteborg
IT University. We sometimes do guest lectures at other universities
and schools, such as Uppsala University and Chalmers University of
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