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The Rise of the Machines



By Simon Hooper for CNN
Thursday, November 4, 2004 Posted: 1824 GMT (0224 HKT)

LONDON, England (CNN) -- In the future, computers won't be bulky, desk-based objects, but a seamless network of chips and microprocessors integrated everywhere into the environment around us.

That, at least, is the vision behind "pervasive computing," whose proponents imagine a world in which information processing and communication capabilities are built into the clothes we wear and the buildings and rooms we inhabit.

The term itself has a relatively recent history, dating back to the technology boom of the late 1990s, yet in many ways pervasive computing is already with us.

"We are producing approximately 150 million chips that go into computers, but something like eight billion processors that go into everything else such as cars or televisions," Professor Morten Kyng, director of the Center for Pervasive Computing at the University of Aarhus in Denmark.

The aim of pervasive computing, however, is to use those microprocessors in radically different ways and to give people greater control over them, says Kyng.

"You might have 40 or 50 processors in a car but you don't get radical new functionality. You get better brakes. Your drive in just the same way as you did 10 years ago."

While objects such as cars, television and freezers have remained essentially unchanged by the incorporation of computer chips, Kyng believes a new generation of devices such as mobile phones and wireless communications technology such as Bluetooth are already pushing the boundaries of pervasive computing.

"I think everybody expects a dramatic change in things when different components start to communicate," said Kyng.

"Technology like Bluetooth is an important step in getting components that can be blended in a simpler, more understandable way."

Another example of pervasive technology that looks set to become commonplace is radio frequency identifiers (RFID).

These tags, which can be as small as a grain of sand, are already being used as an alternative to barcodes in some hi-tech supermarkets. Whereas bar codes have to be visible to a reader, RFID chips can be read anywhere. As well as having security benefits, they can also help shops and suppliers handle their logistics more efficiently.

For example, a carton of milk could be tagged with a chip carrying information about its sell-by date which would tell the supermarket when to take it off the shelves. Once purchased, the same chip could be read by a fridge, which could order a new carton over the Internet before the old one goes off.

The cheap price of microchips means that even everyday objects such as bricks would be fitted with RFID chips, allowing surveyors to see an image of a building's construction on a laptop as they walk around it. Chips in the road could send traffic and navigational information direct to your car.

That vision remains years, and possibly decades, in the future. But the Center for Pervasive Computing is already working towards putting the infrastructure in place, leading a 13-million euro ($16.7 million) project to devise a European standard for pervasive computing systems.

"The lesson we have learned with this kind of technology is that people overestimate the impact in the short run and overestimate the impact in the long run," said Kyng.

A further teething problem for nascent pervasive computing is "data pollution" -- with computers everywhere sending a constant stream of information into the air, devices could be overwhelmed by signals and struggle to identify which one to connect to.

"When we substitute wireless for wired connections it's often difficult to know what is connected," said Kyng.

"One area we are looking at is the healthcare sector. One of the things medics would like is wireless biocenters, so they can get rid of all the wires when they transport people.

"But you have to be very careful when you're designing a system so you're absolutely certain that the data you're looking at is from the patient you think it's from and not from someone lying behind you."

Pervasive computing also raises questions of security and privacy. Like the Tom Cruise character in "Minority Report" who is bombarded by personalized advertising as he moves through a shopping mall, we could be constantly monitoredvia the chips we carry around in our clothes or everyday objects.

"There are a number of privacy issues and I think that a sound handling of those is important for this technology," admits Kyng.

"On the other hand, mobile phones really are surveyed and people don't seem to care about that much."

[igotthisguitar]

R.F.I.D.
Radio Frequency Identification (Mark of the Beast)

Educational & informative ...

http://therevolutionist.hyperboards.com/index.cgi?cat=inthemainstreampress&board=rfid

[Bulsajo]

[thebum]

RFID has the potential to be very bad. I've been following RFID for several years. Fairly recently (sometime last year?) the FDA approved putting RFID tags in humans.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041013-4305.html

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=49901698

http://www.prisonplanet.tv/articles/september2004/070904peoplesayno.htm

http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/wireless/003085.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/115688/65/

http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2085767/tesco-sparks-rfid-protest

http://www.spychips.com/

http://www.junkbusters.com/rfid.html

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/emergingtech/0,39020357,39115718,00.htm

[Hyeon Een]

[igotthisguitar]

[hypnotist]

RFID also has the potential to be very good - in particular, doing wonders for the efficiency of JIT delivery procedures.

Technology is rarely evil in and of itself. Often there are positive and negative uses for any given technology.

And IGTG - if THEY didn't want us to know, how come there are so many news stories about it?

[Bulsajo]

[Swiss James]

RFID sounds wicked, I know for a start it would be a godsend for tracking bags through airports.

With devices the size of a grain of sand in places all over your car, I fancy my chances of getting it back if stolen at lot more than at the moment.

[Bulsajo]

Implants to help your partner find your g-spot....
(surely there must be some women reading this forum)

[igotthisguitar]

IBM Leads Charge to Legitimize RFID
By Renee Boucher Ferguson
September 19, 2005

At the EPCglobal US conference in Atlanta last week, a host of companies introduced products and services that further extend RFID's reach and capabilities.

IBM, for example, announced that three companies focused on radio-frequency identification—OatSystems Inc., Marc Global and TrueDemand Software Inc.—are porting their software to IBM's WebSphere RFID Premises Server, which will result in new products from each vendor. IBM also announced a new printer geared toward the Generation 2 standard ratified earlier this year.

At the same time, hardware provider Alien Technology Corp. unveiled new tags designed to significantly reduce the cost of using RFID technology. Alien's EPC Class 1 RFID labels are priced at just under 13 cents—a 44 percent decrease in the price of 96-bit labels from Alien in the past 12 months, officials said, and a hairbreadth closer to the 5-cents-per-tag price industry experts have pinpointed as necessary for a return on investment.

That price is good for tags ordered in quantities of 1 million or more.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1861308,00.asp

Just in case there still aren't any alarm bells going off, here's a link that offers a lot of insight into IBM's role in helping the Nazi's conduct their Holocaust.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ibm+nazis

[igotthisguitar]

Got 10 minutes? Wanna learn more?

WATCH THE VIDEO!
http://www.lonelantern.org/downloads/Alex%20Jones%20-%20The%20Microchip%20-Excellent!.wmv

[fiveeagles]

www.globalchange.com

Check the movie out!!

[fiveeagles]

bump!!

[igotthisguitar]

Thanks for the link Eagles ...

Don't ya just love the "tone" of this following article? Selling it as progressive, cool, convenient & harmless, DON'T allow yourself to be part of the deception ...

666

Computer chips get under skin of enthusiasts
By Jamie McGeever
Fri Jan 6, 9:41 AM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forgetting computer passwords is an everyday source of frustration, but a ( final ) solution may literally be at hand -- in the form of computer chip implants.

With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door. With another, he logs onto his computer.

Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible.

"I just don't want to be without access to the things that I need to get access to. In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house)," Graafstra said in an interview in New York, where he is promoting the technology. "RFID is for me."

The computer chips, which cost about $2, interact with a device installed in computers and other electronics. The chips are activated when they come within 3 inches of a so-called reader, which scans the data on the chips. The "reader" devices are available for as little as $50.

Information about where to buy the chips and readers is available online at the "tagged" forum, (http://tagged.kaos.gen.nz/) where enthusiasts of the technology chat and share information.

Graafstra said at least 20 of his tech-savvy pals have RFID implants.

"I can't feel it at all. It doesn't impede me. It doesn't hurt at all. I almost can't tell it's there," agreed Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student and Graafstra's girlfriend.

'ABRACADABRA'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060106/tc_nm/technology_implants_dc;_ylt=AnBhKlHTkxxUD33iEO1x94kDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl