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Redefining Mobile: A Moving Wi-Fi Network Made of Cars

Posted 08/15/2011 at 3:19pm | by Adriana Lee, TechnoBuffalo

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I’m extremely impressed, and maybe a little nervous, about the automotive industry’s fascination with “intelligently networked cars.”

The principle is simple: Our actual vehicles become the nodes for a massive, moving Wi-Fi network, one that would bounce data around between points, i.e. that trusty four-door or other car, all while alerting onboard computers of any problems up ahead. But this isn’t your run-of-the-mill Wi-Fi, like you’ve got at Starbucks or at home. It’s more like a souped-up, high-powered, encrypted ad-hoc network.

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The Singularity: Five Technologies That Will Change the World (and One That Won't)

Posted 06/21/2011 at 5:19pm | by David Gerrold

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It’s very likely that today’s lab curiosities represent possibilities that will redesign our world. Here are a few things to watch out for. (We’ll check back in a few years and see if my crystal ball needs recalibrating.)

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Microsoft's Home of the Future: A Video Tour

Posted 05/05/2011 at 3:12pm | by Amber Bouman

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Yesterday we posted a pretty extensive look into the future with our Computing in 2100 feature - and today we stumbled across this video tour of the Microsoft Home, courtesy of Channel9. It's a pretty astounding walkthough of a full-scale model home located on Microsoft's Redmond, Washington campus, and is used to "explore technology scenarios that could transform the way we live in 5 to 10 years."

Click through to check out the video tour!

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