[...]... Manipulating Light / 10 0 Optical Antenna / 10 1 Keeping Copper / 10 2 5 The Internet Rules—IP Technologies 5 .1 5.2 ix VoIP Telephony / 10 4 The Next Internet / 10 6 5.2 .1 Riding the LambdaRail / 10 7 5.2.2 Faster Protocol / 11 0 Grid Computing / 11 4 10 4 x CONTENTS 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5 .10 Infostructure / 11 4 5.4 .1 Intelligent Agents / 11 8 5.4.2 Next- Generation Agent / 11 9 Tele-Learning Opens Horizons / 12 0 A New... Monitors / 13 6 Vehicular Telematics / 13 6 6.6 .1 Vehicular Radar / 13 7 6.6.2 Train Monitor / 13 8 6.6.3 Satellite Road Tolls / 13 9 Helping Ranchers From Space / 14 0 Seeing Inside Walls / 14 1 Microscillator / 14 2 Antenna Technologies / 14 3 6 .10 .1 High Dielectric Antenna / 14 3 6 .10 .2 Nanotube Antenna / 14 4 6 .10 .3 Fractal Antennas / 14 5 6 .10 .4 Fractal Antenna Design / 14 6 6 .10 .5 Towers in the Sky / 14 7 Interference... 14 7 Interference / 14 9 6 .11 .1 An Allocation Approach / 14 9 6 .11 .2 Quieter Ovens / 15 1 7 The Unblinking Eye—Security and Surveillance 7 .1 7.2 7.3 12 8 Testing Security / 15 2 Location-Based Privacy Software / 15 4 Securing Privacy / 15 6 15 2 CONTENTS 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 The Seeing Eye / 15 7 7.4 .1 Observation Camera / 15 8 7.4.2 Surveillance Legality / 15 8 7.4.3 Security Video Network / 15 9 7.4.4 Focusing... / 17 2 7.8.3 Distance Record / 17 3 E-Mail “Cluster Bombs” / 17 4 8 Energy to Go—Power Generation 8 .1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 17 6 New Materials / 17 6 8 .1. 1 Carbon Nanotube Batteries / 17 7 8 .1. 2 Thin Films / 17 8 Smaller, Lighter Power Adapter / 17 9 8.2 .1 Glass Battery / 18 0 8.2.2 Ion Trek / 18 1 Fuel Cells / 18 2 Microcombustion Battery / 18 3 Power Monitor / 18 4 Cooling Technologies / 18 5 8.6 .1 SynJets / 18 5... Scanning / 12 1 Putting a Lid on Spam / 12 3 The Meaning Behind Messages / 12 4 Internet Simulator / 12 5 Untangling Tangled Nets / 12 6 6 Something in the Air—Radio and Location Technologies 6 .1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6 .10 6 .11 Digital Radio / 12 8 Software-Defined Radio / 12 9 Ultrawideband Radio / 13 0 Asset Tracking / 13 1 6.4 .1 RFID Components / 13 3 6.4.2 Tag and Read / 13 4 6.4.3 REID in Retail / 13 5... 8.6.2 VIDA / 18 6 8.6.3 Wiggling Fans / 18 7 9 The Critical Last Inch—Input and Output Technologies 9 .1 9.2 xi A Finger Phone / 19 0 Voice Input / 19 1 9.2 .1 Saying It With Meaning / 19 2 19 0 xii CONTENTS 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9 .10 9 .11 9.2.2 Talking to Objects / 19 3 9.2.3 Computer Talk / 19 3 Improved Audio Output / 19 4 Touch Input / 19 6 9.4 .1 Touching Research / 19 6 Projection Keyboards / 19 9 Thought... 200 A New View / 2 01 Paper-Like Video Displays / 2 01 9.9 .1 Electronic Paper Display for Mobile Phones / 203 9.9.2 Ogling OLEDs / 204 9.9.3 Polymer Displays / 205 9.9.4 Quantum Displays / 207 Finding Information / 208 9 .10 .1 Simplified Image Retrieval / 209 Disabled Access / 210 9 .11 .1 Mobile Phone Interface / 210 9 .11 .2 GPS Guidance / 211 9 .11 .3 Speech-Controlled Arm / 212 Glossary 214 Index 223 List... Pre crime / 15 9 7.4.5 Smart Surveillance Camera Software / 16 0 7.4.6 Motion-Tracking Cameras / 16 2 Smart Roads / 16 3 Chip Implants / 16 4 7.6 .1 Getting Under Your Skin / 16 4 7.6.2 Faster Fingerprints Via Wireless / 16 5 Encryption / 16 6 7.7 .1 A Double-Shot of Security Software / 16 7 7.7.2 Data Hiding / 16 9 7.7.3 Data Hiding’s Positive Side / 17 0 Quantum Cryptography / 17 1 7.8 .1 Quantum Dots / 17 2 7.8.2... and Bits Telecom Hardware, Software, and More 2 .1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2 .10 2 .11 2 .12 2 .13 2 .14 2 .15 Personal Computers / 25 2 .1. 1 Smaller and Smarter PCs / 26 Home Automation / 28 Wearable Computers / 29 Smart Fabrics / 31 Embedded Systems / 32 Project Oxygen / 33 2.6 .1 The Vision / 34 2.6.2 Goals / 34 2.6.3 User Technologies / 35 2.6.4 Applications / 36 2.6.5 Hurdles / 37 2.6.6 The Payoff... 3.8 3.9 3 .10 3 .11 3 .12 Wireless on Wheels / 68 Mesh Networks / 68 3.7 .1 Emergency Mesh / 71 Wireless Sensor is a “Spec” / 73 Collaborative Sensing / 74 Optical Sensors / 74 Navigating the Real World / 75 Wireless Underwear / 76 4 The Future is Fiber—Optical Technologies 4 .1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.3 78 Faster Networks / 78 4 .1. 1 Faster Fiber / 79 4 .1. 2 Next- Generation Telecom Network / 81 New Optical . / 7 1. 6 A Considerate Telephone / 8 1. 7 E-Mail Leads to Instant Messaging / 9 1. 8 Fun and Games / 13 1. 9 Flying Phone Service / 14 1. 10 Speech Integration / 15 1. 11 Telemedicine / 19 1. 11. 1 Health. Design / 14 6 6 .10 .5 Towers in the Sky / 14 7 6 .11 Interference / 14 9 6 .11 .1 An Allocation Approach / 14 9 6 .11 .2 Quieter Ovens / 15 1 7. The Unblinking Eye—Security and Surveillance 15 2 7 .1 Testing Security. 207 9 .10 Finding Information / 208 9 .10 .1 Simplified Image Retrieval / 209 9 .11 Disabled Access / 210 9 .11 .1 Mobile Phone Interface / 210 9 .11 .2 GPS Guidance / 211 9 .11 .3 Speech-Controlled Arm / 212 Glossary