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December 31, 2005
EU GPS
EU GPS: The first of 30 satellites was successfully launched yesterday. "When the Galileo constellation is complete in 2010 it will be accurate to within a metre and its stronger radio signals will enable receivers to work in high-rise cities and even indoors... Coverage in Europe will be virtually total. In most locations six to eight satellites will always be visible, allowing positions to be determined to within a few centimetres." GPS sensors are shrinking, too... Galileo will increase demand, speed device growth further. The device in your pocket always knows exactly where you are, and it can get fresh information from the network at any time, and its displays are evolving rapidly too. How would someone want to engage the world in that way? what types of interactions will they want on their devices? what types of risks will we have to avoid? (Also in The Times, one of the best Wikipedia interviews I've seen... Jimmy Wales notes how the architectural incentives shape the social processes.)
Posted by John Dowdell at December 31, 2005 8:44 AM