Mobile - I 1
Predictions from week 1 Today s smartphones are an early version of the mobile computing future. Smartphones will become an inseparable part of our lives. 2
Mobile trends 2013 marks the first year when the number of smartphones sold will exceed the number of ordinary (feature) phones. Eventually, ordinary phones will disappear. Essentially all mobile devices will be smart. Moore s Law and Kryder s Law are operating in the background. More future processing power Increased future storage capacities 3
Mobile trends Mobile usage is increasing as a percentage of overall Internet use. Increased mobile Internet access suggests an accelerating trend towards the mobile life style Instantaneous, spontaneous, continuous 4
From convergence to divergence Convergence Core smartphone design motivation is to converge as many sensors and processing capabilities into one device. To date, clearly successful Physical size is limiting for certain uses Competitive and profit concerns have an influence on certain capabilities 5
Divergence View smartphone and other general purpose mobile devices as processing platform modules. Others modules provide [advanced] capabilities. Are designed to leverage the capabilities of the processing module. Consumer decides what to add on End result is a consumer designed, hybrid product The processing module provides full access to the Internet. 6
Camera = lens (SONY) + computer 7
About $350 less than an equivalent SONY camera 8
Traffic enforcement detection = detector + computer Some models can work as a stand-alone detector About $200-$300 less than a equivalent system 9
The Internet of Things (IoT) Next big trend. Almost everything will be connected. Present day mobile devices and hybrid products are immediate examples of connected things. What will be some of the connected things in the future? 10
New device form factors A rich innovation space Wearables Watch Google Glass Body sensors Holdables New shapes, sizes, weights Foldable (perhaps) 11
Google Glass 12
Google Glass Now your smartphone needs no display!!! How it Feels [through Google Glass Youtube video [professionally captioned] http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=v1uyqzng2ve 13
Sensor-rich environments ibeacon (potential very high impact technology) Indoor GPS Works with smartphones Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Short range radio technology Low cost Low power Open, license free Supports 128-bit AES encyrption 14
ibeacon More accurate than GPS Micro location technology Accurate to 2 inches (approximately) Proximity detection What region In a car In an office In the supermarket What range within the region N inches from the southern facing window In front of chicken soup cans in aisle N 15
ibeacon Enables geofencing Define a boundary in the real world Set region/range of ibeacon transmission Trigger an action when the boundary is crossed Presence detection and things control Leaving the house Lock door Leave work Message reminder buy milk on way home 16
Apple WWDC June 2013 17
ibeacon transmitter on wall Low cost BLE signal emitter Transmits micro location data and short message (e.g., a URL) to smartphone app. 18
Retail shopping video (short) http://solsie.com/2013/09/ibeacon-andthe-future-of-mobile-e-commerceadvertisement-and-mobile-payment/ 19
ios support for ibeacons Can act as a ibeacon receiver (receives location and context data) Can act as an ibeacon transmitter (mobile ibeacon) As user walks around with an ios device, the micro location is being transmitted into the local environment. Events can be triggered by ibeacon devices listening for ios/ibeacon transmissions Who could benefit from (primarily) indoor mobile ibeacon technology? 20