Network Environment of the Future
The Advent of the "Internet of Things"
We are standing on the brink of a new ubiquitous computing and communication era, one that will radically transform our corporate, community, and personal spheres. Over a decade ago, the late Mark Weiser developed a seminal vision of future technological ubiquity — one in which the increasing "availability" of processing power would be accompanied by its decreasing "visibility." As he observed, "the most profound technologies are those that disappear … they weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it." Early forms of ubiquitous information and communication networks are evident in the widespread use of…
