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In the old days computers didn’t move; today they do. This means two things. On the one hand, you want access to the information services you need in whatever place you are. You want to plug your computer into whatever socket is close at hand, receive emails, access files and watch video. And you want the service at any time of the day: banking should be possible at one o’clock in the night if that suits you. On the other hand, you want your car’s computer to take its point of departure from the exact location you are in when it gives you driving directions. It should not tell you how to get to the ferry in Dover if you are leaving Cologne. In addition, we want it to be sensitive to the time. Our calendar should alert us to a deadline two days before, not one month after is has passed.
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Andersen, P.B., Nowack, P. (2004). Modelling Moving Machines. In: Andersen, P., Qvortrup, L. (eds) Virtual Applications. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3746-7_9
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