The activities people currently undertake in the office is a promising domain to be explored by computer scientists. On one hand, observing how people configure their spaces to undertake their tasks, on the other hand, how they use artefacts whether they are mundane like paper documents, pens or pencils or the complex networked high performance infrastructures now common in most office environments will bring insight and awareness on potential tools to enhance productivity and efficiency at work.

 

Mobile devices allow users to carry their working environment and information along them, thus enabling flexibility and readiness on the move. However, users are still in charge of adapting their working environment to a new context such as a meeting room, a presentation stage or their office. This project thus seeks to create a work environment on a mobile device which can adapt to the current topographical and temporal context. To detect the current context, the project will make use of Phidgets© interface sensors, in particular RFID readers, GPS locators and other environmental sensors.