Computer scientist and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel describes the future of ubiquitous computing.
Imagine a world of ubiquitous computing. In a ubicomp world, small embedded sensors and microprocessors can provide useful information about nearly every aspect of our environment. Computer scientist and entrepreneur Shwetak Patel describes this future. Patel is Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor and directs the Ubicomp Lab at the University of Washington, Seattle.