The Disappearing Computer

From the Fraunhofer IPSI institute, the research division AMBIENTE - Smart Environments of the Future present an interesting approach for adding computer-augmented capabilities to smart artefacts.
The Roomware® project,even if not so recent, aims at stress the concept that "world around us" is our interface to the information and the way of supporting cooperation between people.

I found especially interesting the InteracTable®, where "normal" objects are used as key to move information from one location to another.