Making Smartphones More Aware

A number of projects are underway to make smartphones more situationally/contextually aware. Over the last decade, smartphones have ushered in radical and disruptive changes to society and business. They have introduced entirely new ways to interact, consume media, shop, buy products, and even order and pay for food and beverages. They ring, buzz, or beep while we're attending a classical music concert or sitting in church. They are unable to warn us when we exercise too strenuously. They send distracting or unwanted traffic alerts while we are driving, or away on vacation.