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Ambient device

Ambient devices is a type of consumer electronics, characterized by their ability to be perceived at-a-glance, also known as "glanceable". Ambient devices use pre-attentive processing to display information and are aimed at minimizing mental effort. Associated fields include ubiquitous computing and calm technology. The concept is closely related to the…

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Ambient device

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples66
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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related to References · 35
Ambient device → Ambient Computing, Ambient Devices CEO Pritesh, Ambient Web, April, Archived, Chumby, Daecher, Data, December, Dumas, February, Forbes, Galizia, Gandhi, Glanceable, Internet, January, June, Kirsner, Lite-brite
related to Examples · 14
Ambient device → Ambient Devices, Ambient Orb, Another, April, Chumby, For, It, July, Nabeel Hyatt, NASDAQ, Orb, Since, The, Wi-Fi
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Ambient device → Ben Resner, David, Nabeel Hyatt, Pritesh Gandhi, Rose, The, The MIT Media Lab, Xerox PARC
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Ambient device → According, Ambient, Internet-based, Rose, The

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ambient devices 2015 retrieved november data 2008 chumby citation needed 2002 orb device information computing original lab products 2012 parc

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Amazon Alexa can be seen as adopting the spirit of ambient devicesinstance ofSince 1 July 2014 Chumby is available only as a paid subscription service.More recent products0.80text
in that they operate in the backgroundinstance ofSince 1 July 2014 Chumby is available only as a paid subscription service.More recent products0.80text
responding to both usersinstance ofSince 1 July 2014 Chumby is available only as a paid subscription service.More recent products0.80text
external data sourcesinstance ofSince 1 July 2014 Chumby is available only as a paid subscription service.More recent products0.80text
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesAmbient Orb0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesAmbient Devices0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesThe0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesFor0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesNASDAQ0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesOrb0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesNabeel Hyatt0.60section
Ambient devicerelated to ExamplesAnother0.60section

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