MarcoPolo : Context-aware computing
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If you are frequent traveller you might have always wished Macbook knew where you were and do some specific stuff on your Laptop. This is possible if the your Laptop was smart enough to guess where you are, so that it can do stuff that you want it to do.
This brings to the scene MarcoPolo the App that makes it possible to change working environments based on your current Physical location. MarcoPolo brings context-aware computing to your portable Mac computer. It allows your computer to determine its context through gathering evidence from your environment (evidence sources), using flexible rule-based fuzzy matching to make an educated guess (rules), and then performing arbitrary actions upon changing context (actions).
MarcoPolo’s concept of contexts is a generalisation of a location, and encompasses more than just where your computer is. A context might represent what you are doing, or what else is going on around you.
MarcoPolo quietly stays in the status bar at the top of your screen (right-hand side of the menu bar), from where it can be configured to your own needs. If you are wondering how MarcoPolo guesses where you are then here are the details :
- Current Audio Output device (headphones/internal speakers)
- Discoverable Bluetooth devices
- Attached FireWire devices
- Assigned IP addresses
- Ambient Light level
- Attached Monitors
- Active Network Links
- Power source (power adapter/battery)
- Running Applications
- Current Time Of Day
- Attached USB devices
So go ahead and try out MarcoPolo today and enjoy your Mac’s new found smartness just in case it wasn’t smart before.
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