UFOs (Ubiquitous Findable Objects)by Peter Morville, author of Ambient Findability 11/17/2005 The term ambient findability describes a world at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the internet, in which we can find anyone or anything from anywhere at any time. It's not necessarily a goal, and we'll never achieve perfect findability, but we're surely headed in the right direction. A clear sign of progress is the emergence of ubiquitous findable objects (UFOs). GPS, RFID, UWB, and cellular triangulation enable us, for the first time in history, to tag and track products, possessions, pets, and people as they wander through space and time. Of course, not everyone is happy about this brave new world of UFOs. While Bruce Sterling raves about spime, Katherine Albrecht rants about spychips. Which focuses our attention on the UFO subclass of "ubiquitous findable organisms" that includes wild animals, pets, friends, suspects, shoppers, patients, prisoners, employees, kids, and ourselves. For More Info Please have a look at this URL : http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/11/17/ubiquitous-findable-objec... regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane (W) 400601. PH : 25364492- Ext 211 Mo : 9867437438 email : sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Model Search - Could you be the next catwalk superstar? Check out the competition now UFOs (Ubiquitous Findable Objects) by http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/561 Peter Morville , author of http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ambient/ Ambient Findability 11/17/2005 The term ambient findability describes a world at the crossroads of ubiquitous computing and the internet, in which we can find anyone or anything from anywhere at any time. It's not necessarily a goal, and we'll never achieve perfect findability, but we're surely headed in the right direction. A clear sign of progress is the emergence of ubiquitous findable objects (UFOs). GPS, RFID, UWB, and cellular triangulation enable us, for the first time in history, to tag and track products, possessions, pets, and people as they wander through space and time. Of course, not everyone is happy about this brave new world of UFOs. While Bruce Sterling raves about http://www.boingboing.net/images/blobjects.htm spime , Katherine Albrecht rants about http://www.spychips.com/ spychips . Which focuses our attention on the UFO subclass of "ubiquitous findable organisms" that includes wild animals, pets, friends, suspects, shoppers, patients, prisoners, employees, kids, and ourselves. For More Info Please have a look at this URL : http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/11/17/ubiquitous-findable-objec... http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/11/17/ubiquitous-findable-objec... regards Sandeep Bhavsar Librarian Dr.V.N.Bedekar Institute of Research and Management Studies Thane (W) 400601. PH : 25364492- Ext 211 Mo : 9867437438 email : mailto:sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com sandeep.bhavsar@gmail.com http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/modelsearch/*http://uk.news.... Yahoo! Model Search - Could you be the next catwalk superstar? Check out the http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/modelsearch/*http://uk.news.... competition now