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Figure 11.3.
Evolution of ICT: combination of the mobility and integration axes:
a) taken from [MAE 09] and adapted; b) project GLOSS; and c) according to [ANT 02]
11.2.2.
Dynamicity of interaction resources
In conventional ICT, turning a computer on or off results in starting or stopping
applications. In ambient ICT, processing is more subtle: the interactive space of the
user changes as soon as a computation, interaction or communication resource
appears or disappears. Such a change can be an opportunity to redistribute
applications across the available resources. UIs thus go from
sedentary to nomadic
[CAL 06]; the migration of applications, whether it be partial or total, being placed
under the
explicit
or
implicit
user control, and this at various levels of granularity.
For example, Ubiloop [SER 09], see Figure 11.4, enables a person to report
incidents (a broken bus shelter, a damaged self-service bicycle, etc.), and enables
the communities to deal with them. Depending on the interaction device used by the
person, a photo of the damage can be taken and attached to the notification of the
incident. The local administration receives the notifications. For easier public
decision making, the photos can be moved to an interactive table that will facilitate
