The Physical Internet
If you think cyberspace is already mind-blowing, then Cherise Fong of CNN has news for you. She is looking forward to the day when we all will be Internetting every thing, everywhere, all the time.
Vint Cerf, the original Internet evangelist, on the official Google blog has written, "If we can imagine it, there’s a good chance it can be programmed. The Internet of the future will be suffused with software, information, data archives, and populated with devices, appliances, and people who are interacting with and through this rich fabric."
This will all be possible through the magic of RFID (Radio Frequency Identity) technology, which allows things to be "read" by an NFC (Near Field Communication) scanner, bar-code-style, as well as to store information about themselves and their relationship with their environment, over time. The reason why RFID is often called next-generation bar code is that the technology is more accurate, scanners can read more objects with less directional contact, and smaller chips can contain a larger quantity of information.
That CNN article is a very worth-while read. Just think of putting a small chip on almost everything and from then on knowing where it is and what has happened to it. As is said, the possibilities are endless.
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November 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I can not imagine a world like that. Having Internet everywhere (and in my opinion it is already happening) is scary and would give me the feeling to be constantly in jeopardy due the hackers and theft identity without speaking about the feeling of being canstantly watched…something like Big Brother by Orson Wells
November 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Yes, it is pretty scary if the wrong people get hold of the information. BTW Nineteen Eighty-Four
was written by George Orwell, where Big Brother watched everyone. Orson Wells did give a radio program called The War of the Worlds
, which may be what you were thinking of.
November 10th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
No i was referring to George Orwell on my post above. I just made a mistake with the movie i rented at Blockbuster last sunday ( i mean the war of the worlds with Tom Cruise)
November 11th, 2008 at 3:29 am
I personally wouldn’t use internet on mobile phone or Ipod or any small electronic devices. Use on personal computers or by kabel on my tv is sufficient enough.
Ron
November 11th, 2008 at 6:49 am
There is a large opposition to RFID invading our lives, but it may not be large enough to stop it. What can be done to stop its invasive use, I wonder? Big Brother has been watching for a long time, since way before 1984 was even conceived.
November 15th, 2008 at 4:21 am
I don’t think it will be fine for everybody. We are not happy with this news. Now internet has been saturate If few are left they will be equipped very soon but this technology can brings more wrong result than good.
November 30th, 2008 at 6:06 am
It’ll be a good thing. But it’s going to take awhile.
@Nintendo wii sword – Even if it won’t be fine for everybody, they will eventually get used to it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 am
This can only be a good thing, you have to move with the times!
December 21st, 2008 at 4:37 am
I think having the internet everywhere would have its good points and bad points… these internet security companies will be swimming in the money! It’d be a lot riskier, but a much more quicker world… but is being quicker a bad thing?