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Glue for ubicomp
December 1st, 2004

Anti-Mega mulls over the glues that hold together ubiquitous computing. Interesting list:

physical to digital glue (’inputs’):
CD ripper
DVD rippers
digital cameras
webcams

digital to physical glue (’outputs’):
Airport Express
PVRs
video senders

digital to digital glue:
web servers
APIs
UNIX-style pipes
wifi
3g

And this kicker:

Physical to physical glue is mainly cabling, or dual deck cassette recorders, and gradually dying out.

(via Anne Galloway)

Anti-Mega mulls over the glues that hold together ubiquitous computing. Interesting list:
physical to digital glue (’inputs’):
CD ripper
DVD rippers
digital cameras
webcams
digital to physical glue (’outputs’):
Airport Express
PVRs
video senders
digital to digital glue:
web servers
APIs
UNIX-style pipes
wifi
3g
And this kicker:
Physical to physical glue is mainly cabling, or dual deck cassette recorders, and gradually dying out.
(via Anne Galloway)

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Comments
1 - Thomas
Wed, Dec 1, 2004
@ 20:35

Seems like cabling is more a physical infrastructure for digital-to-digital glue. Is the RF spectrum not “physical” as cabling “dies out”? If I follow correctly, physical-to-physical would be items such as a radio transmitter, a record player, and a photocopier. No?