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filed under: ambient, calm, enchanted objects, glanceables, magic, ubicomp, supernatural,

Frodo’s Sword “Sting” glows blue when he’s in the presence of Orcs.
Yep. Lord of the Rings. You might be wondering why I’m posting this - but it’s a great example of a glanceable, “magical” ambient interface. It’s what David Rose (Founder of Ambient Devices and Vitality) uses to help describe GlowCaps - the network enabled medicine lids that glow to remind patients to take their medicine.
He calls them enchanted objects.

Frodo’s Sword “Sting” glows blue when he’s in the presence of Orcs.

Yep. Lord of the Rings. You might be wondering why I’m posting this - but it’s a great example of a glanceable, “magical” ambient interface. It’s what David Rose (Founder of Ambient Devices and Vitality) uses to help describe GlowCaps - the network enabled medicine lids that glow to remind patients to take their medicine.

He calls them enchanted objects.

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