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A vision for the future

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Name: Robert Trombatore

From: Arizona

Bio: Computer System Administrator/Web designer/Internet User

Area of Expertise: Technology Developer/Administrator

Topic: Getting, Sharing Information

Headline: A Little Smart Goes a Long Way

Nutshell: Combining RFID tags, IPV6, and GPS (and/or its successor) and wireless communications, we will be able to find almost anything, anywhere.

Vision:

Think Google is impressive? We haven’t seen nothing yet. As the Internet advances, we will be able to have the same "informational access" to the physical world as we do to bits right now. Using wireless communications/GPS/IPV6/RFID we’ll be able to query our always connected portable devices for nearly anything we own to find out its current location.

Date Submitted: November 10, 2004

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