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The Next Tech Revolution

Posted by michael on from the slightly-ahead-of-our-time dept.

L-Wave writes "Here is an interesting article on cincinnati.com about the next revolution in technology. "The Internet revolution was about people connecting with people. The next revolution will be about things connecting with things." The story mentions having "tags" on every possible items from glasses to grocery, and each one identifying itself on a network...very cool stuff." We've run some earlier stories about the Auto-ID Center and RFID tags. This is an important topic - it will be a huge social issue once people realize that consumer goods will come with tags that allow them to be tracked individually.

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  1. Kind of like by CmdrTaco+(editor) · · Score: 1, Troll
    Kind of like a DVD player that connects to a central server and identifies the DVD playing and whether or not it has been payed for?

    Wow, I should try to get a patent for that. I think I'll call it Divx. What's that you say? It's already been tried and was a colossal failure? Hm...