The best technology is invisible. It should get out of the way and help people live their lives. Thats according to Amber Case, a cyborg anthropologist, who took to the stage at LeWeb in Paris today.

Case works with Esri, a next generation location platform that uses its GIS (geographic information systems) mapping software to help people understand and visualize data to make decisions based on the best information.

Case argues that we already have the best technology but it is currently invisible and that by making it visible we can achieve more.

What can you do when your phone knows where it is?

The cyborg anthropologist reckons that through simple mapping software and text messaging, we should be able to create an invisible button that allows for trigger-based interactions. Essentially, by walking into a park, your phone can detect your location and alert your friends. These actions become buttons which result in what she calls calm technology.

She also thinks we could see the rise of ambient notifications where all the processes happen in the background and data is pushed to the users. Then there is ambient input which tracks user location, time of day and speed.

Your phone should become a remote control for reality

Case argues that with the technology available to us today we should be able to use our mobile devices as a remote control for the physical world.

She says that Esri is currently developing geo-triggers that will be able to push really important data to you, essentially providing you with all the information you need and want without needing to find it yourself.

She believes that, through the use of trigger-based interactions and actions working as buttons, users can turn their lights on and off by simply walking in and out of the house. This is not sense-based but location-based: when your device detects that you are home, these actions are then triggered.

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The problem with the internet of things is that data is stuck online [LeWeb]