ABSTRACT

A few months ago, a student research assistant brought one of his home projects – a robotic vehicle controlled by the orientation of a mobile phone – to show to a class. His current project uses off-the-shelf hardware to control the robot with brain waves. In a world where amateur student projects involve the mind control of robots, it is hard to look ahead without finding that one’s predictions are already part of everyday life. With this caveat in mind, the present chapter begins with a brief mobile learning (m-learning) scenario from a possible future.