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  • Ambient Devices: The Environment is the Interface

    Embedding information representation in everyday objects.

    For some it’s the status of their portfolio, or the health of an aging parent. Others want to know if their friends are online, the upcoming weather, the score of a game, if the fish are biting, or if there’s heavy traffic on their drive home. These are examples of information that is neither worthy of interrupt (push), nor worthy of investing time (pull). This type of information should be glanceable, like a clock or barometer. We call this ambient information.

    Look at the furniture in your office, at home… now imagine if everything had a level of extra information to it. Here is a game for the holiday season: whereever you are invited, check the house and all the settings and colors for that hidden info. Be aware of walls changing their color, try to affect the displays, if it works you have proof that they are monitoring… You.

    Here are the gifts you are looking for —

    Ambient Orb
    Frosted glass orb glows a color to indicate your information.
    The Ambient Orb slowly transitions between thousands of colors to show changes in the weather, the health of your stock portfolio, or if your boss or kid is on instant messenger.
    Ambient Wheather Forecast Beacon
    Know what to wear today, if it’ll rain this weekend, or virtually any weather information, all in a calm glanceable display of color.
    The Beacon silently and elegantly communicates weather data using color and light. It glows more red when warmer weather is forecasted, and colder blue hues if cooler temperatures are on the way. The Beacon will also subtly pulse to show the chance of rain or snow.

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