Tutorial week 2

1. A common scenario in the ubiquitous world is that things should "happen" in the morning when you wake up. What should happen? What sensors, motors, etc would be needed for these to happen?
2. At present, if you are watching TV and want a cup of coffee, you wait till an advert is running. In the future you won't bother to wait, but go and get one when you feel like it. How will your home system make sure you don't miss any of the movie showing?
3. What would a motor car network look like? What devices would be on it?
4. What kind of controllers can be attached to PC serial or parallel ports? What kind of devices can they control? Search sites like Dick Smith
5. What is the difference between the parallel and serial (RS232) ports?
6. Symbian is the operating system used in the majority of the "smart" mobile phones now appearing (see www.symbian.com)
   • What problems was Symbian trying to solve that weren't handled by a traditional O/S like Linux or Windows?
   • What are some of the differences between new mobile phones? How does Symbian handle these differences?