Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the wp-plugin-hostgator domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the ol-scrapes domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php:6114) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php on line 1893
{"id":3856,"date":"2022-04-17T15:02:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T15:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T15:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T15:02:47","slug":"googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/15\/23026074\/google-little-signals-concept-diy-build-ambient-notifications<\/a>
\n
<\/br><\/code><\/p>\n

\n

Google has shown off a \u201cdesign study\u201d in ambient computing, with a series of objects that can subtly deliver notifications through taps, gentle breezes, and shifting shadows (shout out to Verge<\/em> alumn Dieter Bohn for tweeting this to our attention<\/a>). The company calls the experiment Little Signals<\/a> and says it\u2019s exploring \u201ccalm computing,\u201d or ways of keeping you in the loop without having your phone blare a notification chime and light up a screen. <\/p>\n

Google has six objects in the Little Signals collection: the Air, Button, Movement, Rhythm, Shadow, and Tap. It shows off concepts of what the devices could look like in its video (which you can watch above) and explains what they all do on its website<\/a>, though the descriptions can veer a bit too far into poetry for my liking. For example, the Button supposedly \u201ccombines scale and sound to communicate and provide control. The top twists \u2014 right for more details, left for less \u2014 and grows as it receives information. It plays a tone when full.\u201d I\u2019m… not quite sure what the twisting is about, and the video doesn’t really show it (though someone does bop the Button at the end of the video).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not surprising that Google is playing around with the idea of ambient computing \u2014 it\u2019s been talking about the concept for years<\/a> and adding tiny elements into some of its devices. And while Google\u2019s collaborator for this project<\/a> calls it a series of \u201cinteraction experiments and thought starters,\u201d you can actually make it into something real. Google provides instructions on how to put the electronics and code together to build a fan that tells you about the weather and some hints for how to make the other objects. It even provided 3D files for each object for those who want to figure out how to integrate the electronics themselves. The files can be downloaded as a zip from the Little Signals website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\"\"<\/p>\n

<\/source><\/picture>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\nGoogle\u2019s example project isn\u2019t <\/em>quite as aesthetically pleasing as the one in the video.<\/em>
\n<\/figcaption>Image: Google<\/cite><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll be perfectly honest \u2014 with how busy and locked into a computer screen I am when I\u2019m working, a slight breeze just isn\u2019t enough to alert me unless it\u2019s coming from an air horn going off. And my attention has been so shattered by a lifetime of internet that there\u2019s a zero percent chance I\u2019ll notice subtle differences in what kind of shadow<\/em> something is casting (though that\u2019s arguably the exact problem Google\u2019s trying to bring attention to with this experiment).<\/p>\n

With that said, I can think of tiny ways I could use a few of these, especially the one with all the little pegs. If I put it on my nightstand, I could have it tell me if I\u2019d left any of the lights on downstairs before I go to bed and give me a rough approximation of the temperature outside when I wake up. I also think the tap device could be useful as a kitchen timer for tasks where you just need to know when, say, your dough has spent enough time rising or the chicken has been sufficiently marinated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


<\/br><\/code><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/4\/15\/23026074\/google-little-signals-concept-diy-build-ambient-notifications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: Google has shown off a \u201cdesign study\u201d in ambient computing, with a series of objects that can subtly deliver notifications through taps, gentle breezes, and shifting shadows (shout out to Verge alumn Dieter Bohn for tweeting this to our attention). The company calls the experiment Little Signals and says it\u2019s exploring \u201ccalm computing,\u201d or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-3856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Google has shown off a \u201cdesign study\u201d in ambient computing, with a series of objects that can subtly deliver notifications through taps, gentle breezes, and shifting shadows (shout out to Verge alumn Dieter Bohn for tweeting this to our attention). The company calls the experiment Little Signals and says it\u2019s exploring \u201ccalm computing,\u201d or […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T15:02:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T15:02:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/\",\"name\":\"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-17T15:02:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-17T15:02:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/\",\"name\":\"Science and Nerds\",\"description\":\"My WordPress Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds","og_description":"Source: Google has shown off a \u201cdesign study\u201d in ambient computing, with a series of objects that can subtly deliver notifications through taps, gentle breezes, and shifting shadows (shout out to Verge alumn Dieter Bohn for tweeting this to our attention). The company calls the experiment Little Signals and says it\u2019s exploring \u201ccalm computing,\u201d or […]","og_url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/","og_site_name":"Science and Nerds","article_published_time":"2022-04-17T15:02:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-17T15:02:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/","url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/","name":"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like - Science and Nerds","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","datePublished":"2022-04-17T15:02:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-17T15:02:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":628},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/04\/17\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Google\u2019s Little Signals concepts show what \u2018ambient\u2019 notifications could look like"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/","name":"Science and Nerds","description":"My WordPress Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ea2991abeb2b9ab04b32790dff28360e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e6e14fc6691445ef2b2c0a3a6c43882?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com"],"url":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/googles-little-signals-concepts-show-what-ambient-notifications-could-look-like_625c2c170d709.jpeg?fit=1200%2C628&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3858,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions\/3858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}