These include sandboxed apps installed and updated from an online store, log-on PINs, touch screens, notifications, a voice-aware intelligent assistant (Cortana), location awareness and a "Find my device" feature.
We also present a location-aware VN request forwarding mechanism – basd on a hierarchical addressing scheme (COST) and a location awareness protocol (LAP) – to allow faster embedding.
Field Trip, for instance, uses location awareness to notify users of interesting landmarks, features and places in the real world.
With a coming update, ViewRanger will work with the new Apple Watch's GPS system for even more precise location awareness.
In the summer of 2013, Apple announced iBeacon, a nerdy-sounding feature of its new operating system that would "provide apps a whole new level of location awareness".
Location awareness would only seem to be of use in dense urban areas — in many small towns and suburbs, everyone already knows where everyone else is.
If that sounds like old news — Foursquare made its debut here in 2009 — consider that much larger companies are just now bolting location awareness onto their existing applications.
"For indoor location awareness technology, it is the most promising," said Marc Check, the museum's director of information and interactive technology.
Rheingold did not exactly predict flash mobs, but he saw potential in "the combination of computation, communication, reputation and location awareness" that might lead to socially advantageous "cooperation epidemics".
Data streams provided by the sensor include event-based location awareness and history, and dispatchers via the Yardarm tech can also be notified immediately when an officer unholsters and even discharges their weapon.
This so-called location awareness has also turned techy travelers into self-appointed experts who influence their peers, whether it's contributing restaurant reviews to Yelp or leaving virtual graffiti about hotels.
