Ubiquitous Computing and Sensing

Some experts are likely to be fiercely critical because of omissions or errors. Others with tunnel vision are likely to miss the point. Rosalind Picard, with considerable courage, addresses a broad collection of themes, including the nature of motivation, emotions, and feeling; the detection of emotional and other affective states and processes; the nature of intelligence and the relationships between intelligence and emotions; the physiology of the brain and other aspects of human physiology relevant to affective states; requirements for effective human-computer interfaces in a wide range of situations; wearable devices with a range of sensing and communication functions; philosophical and ethical issues relating to computers of the future; and a brief encounter with theology. This is a book with a bold vision. Some readers will find it inspiring and mind stretching.