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Wireless SensorNet Technology
There's a new article over on BBC News entitled Visions of a Smart Future, discussing how a myriad of tiny smart sensors could revolutionise the world we live in. Basically, the idea is to produce tons and tons of these small sensors very cheaply, and with extremely basic processing abilities. They are capable of communicating with other sensors in the surrounding area, which allows data to flow in a very complex fashion thereby achieving a particular purpouse. I don't exactly know how the system self-organises and how it can establish contact with other forms of existing technology, but that seems the challenge. In the long run, the researchers hope to dispose of huge ammounts of information about any environment (like a kitchen), giving a system the ability to exploit that for commercial use most likely - for example ordering a new part for your dish-washer before it even breaks down. It sounds potentially interesting, but there will be a lot of fuss caused by this continuous monitoring due to privacy issues. I can't imagine this taking shape within two decades, at the very least! |
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