Ubiquitous computing aims to permeate and interconnect all areas of life, thus enabling a ubiquitous fl ow of data, information, and, by integrating cognitive capabilities in the future, even knowledge. Mark Weiser, one of the fathers of u biquitous computing, described this vision of a continual and ubiquitous exchange transcending the borders of applications, media, and countries as “everything, always, everywhere.” This sketch offers a strongly future-oriented perspective on u biquitous computing that is still far removed from today’s reality. Although wireless Internet access, email via mobile phone, handheld computers and the like may give the impression that constant, unimpeded exchange of information is already routine, in the future the special performance characteristics of u biquitous computing will enable an entirely new quality in the exchange and processing of data, information and knowledge. With u biquitous computing, many of these processes will recede into the background, and most will occur partially or wholly automatically. But this new form of u biquitous computing will not develop uniformly and synchronously in all economic and social areas. Rather, applications will be defi ned and implemented at different speeds in different contexts. Nine areas of application in which ubiquitous computing is already recognizable and is very likely to play a decisive role in the future are mentioned below.
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