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Kynetx, Inc. is a privately-held Platform as a Service (PaaS) company based in Lehi, Utah. It provides a development platform for context automation that is the first of its kind. The platform uses Kynetx Network Services to supply tools to developers to create context-aware applications that can run on a multitude of devices, including browsers, mobile phones, and desktops.

Kynetx offers the premier platform for building a new breed of Apps that are context-aware, cross-platform, and act as event listeners in the cloud. Capable of interfacing with users on any URL or web-enabled device, Kynetx Apps give developers a way to "Program the Internet" and solve problems in uniquely interconnected ways.

Learning Object Context Ontologies

Here we've got a classmate PC demo that shows off Richard Beckwith shows off Classmate Assist which supports users seated or standing at the desk or table. This is an example of context aware computing. There are visual sensors that recognize the items on the table and instruct and walk the students through a series of educational tasks. The goal is to support existing curriculum and practices of teachers.

I've been following developments in intelligent tutoring systems for a while,  and find it interesting to see how researchers are combining artificial intelligence, learning theory, affective computing, and sensor networks to create applications that might prove to be useful and effective.