Mobile ComputingLooking Back to Move Forward
WebTechniques.com: It's our responsibility as innovators and business professionals to ensure that we approach this latest technology trend with professionalism and consideration for the end user. We must develop applications that address the user's specific needs. We can't simply modify existing Web applications by slapping together code and delivering the apps wirelessly. It's time to tap into the amassed knowledge of what makes a quality product that users will integrate into their lives. If we do that, the result will be wireless applications that make sense and that account for the strengths and weaknesses of the technology. (2001-06-03)Handhelds to be Harvard medical students' first assist
Digitalmass: The doctors-in-training at Harvard Medical School will still depend on stethoscopes to listen to beating hearts. But they'll use Palm Pilots to tap out diagnoses, jot down notes, keep up with course work and rate a professor's performance. (2001-05-13)The Whole World In Their Hands
Information Week: This is a story about a newly developed handheld computer that lets Sun Microsystems field engineers scan bar codes on server components, look up information on those components, order parts, or enter advisories in the support database. The appliance also includes a browser, an E-mail client, and encryption/authentication capabilities. (2001-04-15)Preliminary Investigation of Wearable Computers for Task Guidance in Aircraft Inspection
This study examined how the capabilities of wearable computers may be used to aid a user in an inspection task, using as a case study the procedural task of preflight inspection of a general aviation aircraft. The researchers found that the users tended to follow the "computer's advice rather blindly often ignoring their own knowledge or not taking the time to check the accuracy of the computer". (2001-04-15)