Leonardo's laptop human needs and the new computing technologies

• Main Author: Shneiderman, Ben (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press 2003, c2002
• Edition: 1st MIT Press pbk. ed
• Subjects: Technological forecasting; Electronic data processing; Human-computer interaction
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• Physical Description: xi, 269 pages illustrations 23 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index
• ISBN: 0262692996 (pb.)

Ben Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to think freshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build products that better support human needs and that are usable at any bandwidth. Shneiderman proposes Leonardo da Vinci as an inspirational muse for the "new computing." He wonders how Leonardo would use a laptop and what applications he would create.