This article provides an overview of the capabilities that we are developing as part of the Pebbles research project for wireless handheld devices such as mobile phones and palm-size computers like Palm Organizers and PocketPCs. Instead of just being used as a phone or organizer, handheld devices can also be used as remote controls for computers and household and office appliances. q
The Personal Universal Controller (PUC) REF approach in the Pebbles project, for example, aims at using handhelds such as mobile phones or PDAs for remote controlling household and office appliances -but not in industrial environments.
Using handhelds for wireless remote control of PCs and appliances
Interacting with Computers
Computer Science