Seen that? - The Internet of Things

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The Internet of Things The RFID Weblog

Get ready for the next wave of the Internet. It's called the "Internet of Things." A recent Business 2.0 article describes it: "Imagine an Internet of things, where everyday objects, rooms, and machines are connected to one another and to the larger digital world. Sensors on expensive factory equipment would tell you when the machinery is about to fail. Cargo shipping containers could search their contents for nuclear material or other [...] Read More


Internet of Things - Tons of Links The RFID Weblog

Anne Galloway, a doctoral student who works in the field of design of pervasive computing devices, has compiled a lengthy list of links about the Internet of Things. Hat tip: Influx Insights blog I would also add these bookmarked pages from Del.icio.us: Ubiquitous Computing Pervasive Computing [...] Read More


The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing The RFID Weblog

Adam Greenfield, author of the book Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing, can be heard in this podcast interview. Elizabeth Albrycht, one of the founding members of the Society for New Communications Research, interviews him in this wide-ranging podcast that covers the philosophy and ethics of a world where everything can communicate about itself at all times. You can also find a bibliography of sources that Adam [...] Read More


RFID and the 'Internet of Things' The Wireless Weblog

Silicon.com's Steve Ranger interviews Robin Mannings, BT's futurologist and research foresight manager, and looks at the idea that RFID will soon create an "Internet of things." "We will soon be in the middle of a Blizzard of tiny computers embedded into everyday items and constantly talking to each other," Ranger writes. "Welcome to the so-called 'Internet of things,' which will replace today's Internet of people and data. Everyday items from TVs [...] Read More


Research in ubiquitous computing with Lalya Gaye The Techwear Weblog

WMMNA released an interview with Lalya Gaye from the Future Applications Lab, Viktoria Institute in Göteborg, Sweden. She's an engineer and PhD graduate working in multidisciplinary projects that search to explore new territories of personal expression and creativity enabled by ubiquitous computing. That and the fact that the northern countries are very active and successful in using new technologies made it worth to read the interview. Another good reason is that I [...] Read More