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The New York Times had an article on HP labs activities to gather information on a massive scale . It's a research and development program to show an example of building a planet-wide sensing network, using billions of "tiny, cheap, tough and exquisitely sensitive detectors." This kind...
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Earlier this week I was the keynote speaker for the Toronto Innovation Showcase . One of the things the mayor announced was the Toronto Open project. This activity opens up much of the cities information for the residents of Toronto to mashup into applications. They also announced an effort to coordinate...
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There is a good interview of Tim O'Reilly that validated many of the posts we've made in this blog over the last 5 years. He also published a white paper that goes into more details . The way business value is generated in the future will be changing, as we have the intersection of sensors and...
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In a recent article in Computerworld there was a discussion of the phenomenon of cloud computing expanding uncontrollably in an enterprise. Cloud was compared to the client/server and departmental computing shift that took place in the late 80s and 90s. I agree that this is a concern, but as presented...
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A week or so back I did a blog entry on augmented reality possibilities , and in this month's IEEE Spectrum there is an article on the placing displays right on the eye . This is done by having the display and possibly sensors integrated with a contact lens . Although Terminator view displays can't...
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As I was packing for my recent vacation, I realized that I needed to take battery chargers for not just my SmartPhone, but also for my camera, two iPods, as well as my wife’s mobile phone. None of these chargers work on any of the other devices. One solution might be a universal charger, but I...
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This seems to me the week that I'm thinking about interfaces and interaction. About a year ago I did a blog entry on interface shifts . One area I had not thought about at all was the use of the security interface hardware as a more general interaction method. This article in IEEE spectrum talks...
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The BBC has an article: Mobile phones get cyborg vision that got me thinking about the number of times I've seen examples of augmented reality demonstration projects recently. This article states: "Via the video function of a mobile phone's camera it is now possible to combine a regular...
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In a recent IEEE spectrum article a technique was described that allows plants to call the farmer to say they need water. A company came up with the product that measures the moisture level of the plant and then water the plant accordingly. It consists of several sensors wired to a control point that...
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I'd like to take consumerization of computing a bit further than I did in the previous post , There are now very low end computers like the SheevaPlug ($99) and the Pogoplug (also $99) coming into the low end of the market. These devices are almost power plugs with a USB port, running Linux. There...
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Microsoft recently announced a new version of its Zune music player , a touch-screen player called the Zune HD . They also announced a Zune extension into the Xbox Live platform, with goal to "create a game-changing entertainment experience". The Zune HD features a built-in HD radio receiver...
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A while back, Forrester published a document about waves of technology change that was based on information from the US department of commerce. They've also put out some fairly thought provoking presentations on the implications of the next change. The next wave of IT from their analysis is to have...
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In this blog I've talked about the implications of computers everywhere and having a context aware environment that helps to get things done. This article in emerging technology trends definitely appears to backup the thought of having custom configured computing added to devices at a significantly...
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This article from the BBC talks about UN predictions about the use of RFID and other techniques for putting computing in things that will change the world. It looks at the issues from more of a global perspective. Discussing how multi-national business are forcing countries to adopt the new technology...
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The New York Times had an article about the National Science Foundation's Global Environment for Networking Investigations project that is intended to fundamentally re-engineer the Internet and overcome its shortcomings. Edge-based or pervasive computing that everyone is expecting in the future will...