From Longevity Meme: As the founders of the Methuselah Mouse prize realized, healthy life extension in mice is a yardstick by which the public measures possibilities for the future of human health and longevity. Long-lived mice will mean that long-lived people are not too far off. Aubrey de Grey thinks that we could largely defeat aging in mice in a decade, given the right level of funding - certainly food for thought.
Well this may happen with Wi-Fi (802.11 and 802.16), first in major cities then elsewhere. Then content may migrate on the people's net. This article of Negroponte is interesting.
The good side of globalization is that it is very difficult to keep technology know-how within one country. If things for which there can be a market are forbidden in the US, they will be done elsewhere. Note that China is pushing strong on IT, space, biotech and nanotech.
Ever heard of Dust Inc.?
http://www.dust-inc.com/
From their website:
DUST TECHNOLOGY
Wireless Machine-to-machine Connectivity
Dust Inc.'s wireless networking technology integrates objects and conditions in the physical world with data networks. They enable automated awareness and control of the physical environment.
Network nodes deliver sensing, communication, logic and control into equipment, objects and environments
Local mesh networks enable robust routing of data and instructions between nodes
Gateways integrate sensor networks with central control and information systems
Ultra-low power operation
Advanced algorithms for low-power mesh networking
High-efficiency radio and microprocessor design
Sophisticated power management techniques for long battery life
Reliable, Secure Networking
Self-assembling, self-healing network protocol
Industry-standard encryption and security
Low Total Cost of Deployment
Fully self-contained: no need for any wiring
Drop and play networking
Standard interfaces for retrofits
Low Total Cost of Operation
Years of operation without replacing batteries
Self-reporting of condition and maintenance needs
Flexibility and "Future Proofing"
One platform, many uses
True operating system/application environment
Remote upgrade and re-deployment
Cross-platform integration
Broad support for standard interfaces and protocols
New story from Reuters: Developed and developing nations are wide apart on managing the Internet and closing the digital divide between rich and poor at the end of what was meant as a final meeting before a world summit. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Geneva December 10-12, was first proposed in 1998 at the height of the Internet boom, but two years of preparatory negotiations have failed to resolve many of the outstanding issues. Initially conceived as a way to help poorer countries to make better use of the Internet, and through it perhaps leap- frog some stages to economic development, the summit has since broadened to embrace many facets of the information society, including questions of press freedom and Net management. Developing countries will argue generally that governments do need to be involved, that it cannot simply be the private sector, and the private sector in some industrialised countries, to take the lead in how the Internet is governed.
I have also always liked that argument. But going to space costs money that could be spent on something else. I wish to see more spending in space but others can say that there are more important things to spend money on. We space enthousiasts have to sell space to others, it is not enough to just say I wish so.
Probably longer than the Chinese take to get to Mars and beyond. But then, foreign competition is the only thing that can wake the US admin up for space (remember the 60s)
Yes this technology can be used to spy on people, and for many good things including retrieving missing children. Probably every technology has hundreds of "bad" applications and hundred of "good" ones.
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From Longevity Meme: As the founders of the Methuselah Mouse prize realized, healthy life extension in mice is a yardstick by which the public measures possibilities for the future of human health and longevity. Long-lived mice will mean that long-lived people are not too far off. Aubrey de Grey thinks that we could largely defeat aging in mice in a decade, given the right level of funding - certainly food for thought.
Well this may happen with Wi-Fi (802.11 and 802.16), first in major cities then elsewhere. Then content may migrate on the people's net. This article of Negroponte is interesting.
The good side of globalization is that it is very difficult to keep technology know-how within one country. If things for which there can be a market are forbidden in the US, they will be done elsewhere. Note that China is pushing strong on IT, space, biotech and nanotech.
Ever heard of Dust Inc.? http://www.dust-inc.com/ From their website: DUST TECHNOLOGY Wireless Machine-to-machine Connectivity Dust Inc.'s wireless networking technology integrates objects and conditions in the physical world with data networks. They enable automated awareness and control of the physical environment. Network nodes deliver sensing, communication, logic and control into equipment, objects and environments Local mesh networks enable robust routing of data and instructions between nodes Gateways integrate sensor networks with central control and information systems Ultra-low power operation Advanced algorithms for low-power mesh networking High-efficiency radio and microprocessor design Sophisticated power management techniques for long battery life Reliable, Secure Networking Self-assembling, self-healing network protocol Industry-standard encryption and security Low Total Cost of Deployment Fully self-contained: no need for any wiring Drop and play networking Standard interfaces for retrofits Low Total Cost of Operation Years of operation without replacing batteries Self-reporting of condition and maintenance needs Flexibility and "Future Proofing" One platform, many uses True operating system/application environment Remote upgrade and re-deployment Cross-platform integration Broad support for standard interfaces and protocols
New story from Reuters: Developed and developing nations are wide apart on managing the Internet and closing the digital divide between rich and poor at the end of what was meant as a final meeting before a world summit. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Geneva December 10-12, was first proposed in 1998 at the height of the Internet boom, but two years of preparatory negotiations have failed to resolve many of the outstanding issues. Initially conceived as a way to help poorer countries to make better use of the Internet, and through it perhaps leap- frog some stages to economic development, the summit has since broadened to embrace many facets of the information society, including questions of press freedom and Net management. Developing countries will argue generally that governments do need to be involved, that it cannot simply be the private sector, and the private sector in some industrialised countries, to take the lead in how the Internet is governed.
I have also always liked that argument. But going to space costs money that could be spent on something else. I wish to see more spending in space but others can say that there are more important things to spend money on. We space enthousiasts have to sell space to others, it is not enough to just say I wish so.
Probably longer than the Chinese take to get to Mars and beyond. But then, foreign competition is the only thing that can wake the US admin up for space (remember the 60s)
Yes this technology can be used to spy on people, and for many good things including retrieving missing children. Probably every technology has hundreds of "bad" applications and hundred of "good" ones.