To see how information technology can be diffused into everyday objects and settings, and to see how this can lead to new ways of supporting and enhancing people's lives that go above and beyond what is possible with the computer today.

Specifically, the initiative looks at how to make ‘information artefacts’ based on new software and hardware architectures that are integrated into everyday objects.
It looks at how collections of artefacts can act together, so as to produce new behaviour and new functionality.
It investigates the new approaches for designing for collections of artefacts in everyday settings, and how to ensure that people’s experience in these new environments is coherent and engaging.

Link:
http://www.disappearingcomputer.org/mission.html