The quiet history of better Bluetooth pairing

Designing for fancy new technology can mean we ignore the elegantly practical tech we already have

Amber Case

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“The Incoherence Of Bluetooth Pairing In The Early 20th Century” by Zimpenfish

YYou’re probably familiar with a scenario like this: You get into your car and all you want to do is pair your phone to the car through Bluetooth. But to do so, you must wade through a whole menu of items, put each device in…

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Amber Case

Design advocate, speaker and author of Calm Technology. Former Research Fellow at MIT Media Lab and Harvard BKC.