Monday, March 17, 2003

Frog Offspring: new phone designs. Phonescoop reports on some visionary ideas for mobile hardware, emerging from a Frog Design-Motorola intersection. The key concept is Offspring, a combination of parent and daughter units. The central piece is a wireless device, and a host of small ones connect to it through Bluetooth. Devices may include cells, PDAs, video game controllers, wrist units, and goggles. The combination of multiple, small, unwired units reduces the prominence of the machinery in one's lifestyle. This is a dreamy design, a project, and not for immediate production. Samsung has announced a similar design at about the same time. (via /.) [Smart Mobs] 9:00:31 PM     Option Value of Networks is Source of Information Overload...  Clearly the more options are available the more information you have to sift to decide what to do with your time and resources... Decision Support to Act and Not Act in pursuit of Conflicting Missions and Personal Needs: Enormous need for tools to aid in decision support - AT THE EDGES of Networks. Within Networks - the Echo Hypothesis allows for heuristic (rule of thumb) decisionmaking.  At the Edges, the level of stress increases dramatically, the level of confusion, and emotional difficulty, social support etc. all contribute to conflicting Drives to: Relieve the stress - Escape, etc. Relieve the stress - Take appropriate action. Tools that recognize these needs and support them are valuable...  Knowledge Management Tools, Analytical Tools, Emotional Support Tools, Physical Support Tools... etc. Need for Dynamic Reconfigurable Systems for living at the EDGE of the network and forming bridges across structural holes. Comments Welcome! 7:31:35 PM

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