Universal information appliance

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-601

  Eustice, K F ^a   Lehman, T J ^a   Morales, A ^a   Munson, M C ^a   Edlund, S ^a   Guillen, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTEROPERABILITY; RADIO LINKS; SECURITY OF DATA; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

UNIVERSAL INFORMATION APPLIANCE (UIA);

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 0033365887     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.384.0575     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. The universal information appliance effort is a part of the TSpaces project.
2. We use the term "electronic systems" to mean anything electronic, including computers and the programs running in them.
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5. We considered an olfactory interface, but then gave up when the thought became too unsavory.
6. The IBM Blue Eyes Project is described at http:// www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/blueeyes.
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