Talking Assistant: A Smart Digital Identity for Ubiquitous Computing
Erwin Aitenbichler, Jussi Kangasharju, Max Mühlhäuser · TUbilio (Technical University of Darmstadt) · 2004
A predominant issue in a ubiquitous computing world is that of future personal devices in the post-PC era.In this paper we present the Talking Assistant (TA), a prototype device we have developed to serve as a personal device.The main function of the Talking Assistant is to serve as the user's digital identity.In addition, the TA features local processing and storage, wireless networking capabilities, and a set of sensors.We present the rationale behind developing the TA and discuss possible use case scenarios from the real world.