Project Oxygen

{{Short description|MIT computing research project}}

Project Oxygen is a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to develop pervasive, human-centered computing. The Oxygen architecture is to consist of handheld terminals, computers embedded in the environment, and dynamically configured networks which connect these devices.[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/22/BUG719UPI31.DTL&type=business Making computing as easy as breathing: MIT's Project Oxygen research shaping future of technology], Leslie Walker, San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2004. Accessed on line November 28, 2007.Project Oxygen: Pervasive, Human-Centric Computing—An Initial Experience, Larry Rudolph, pp. 1–12, in Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 13th International Conference, proceedings, eds. Klaus R. Dittrich, Andreas Geppert, Moira C. Norrie, Springer: 2001, {{ISBN|3540422153}}. A Project Oxygen device, the H21, exhibits similarities to the iPhone.{{Cite web |last=Kramsky |first=Logan |date=2021-04-19 |title=Project Oxygen Profile and Critique |url=https://medium.com/digitalshroud/project-oxygen-profile-and-critique-60032d5ac5bd |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Digital Shroud |language=en}} As of 2021, Project Oxygen devices have never been officially used in wider society.