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It's Later
OK, I foresee a time when you walk around with about 10K Gigs of storage on your person. You have your medical records, all your music, entertainment, personal correspondence, contacts, EVERYTHING with you ALWAYS.
Too much, you say, why would I want to lug all that around with me? I'd need it to be secure so that no one could rip my data from me. There is a simple solution. You have a Personal Area Network (PAN). There are three to five layers to it, as follows:
- WAN - Wide Area Network - This is the equivalent of today's cellular networks, wide coverage, easily/always connected, relatively small amounts of data/information being sent around. Information that you don't really mind others hearing/accessing can go over this, and normal privacy rules apply. Communication is point to point, and you have control over who you send to at any given time. It would be slow to upstream/downstream large media files over this, but because you have such a large amount of data on you at all times, it would rearely be needed.
- NAN - Near Area Network - This is a 100 meter range around you, for accessing media intensive applications and light duty file sharing, everything from music to actual binaries and programs, good for when you are going to be in one spot or on one network for a period of time. I can forsee a time when food courts in shopping malls offer time on this type of network. Usage could be metered based off of the dollar value of items you have bought. Around the holidays you could really rack up some time on the account. New home developments might also offer it as a part of the cost of your home.
- CAN - Car Area Network - You have a massive amount of storage in your car, a couple of drives that live in the trunk probably. They hold songs, movies, TV shows, maps and directions. Mount an antenna on the car itself and it can serve as a mobile access point for the passengers.
- LOS - Line of Sight - I can see you, and now we can send lots of data very quickly. The closer we are, the more secure we become, as it gets harder and harder for someone on the fringe of out LOS to read off the edge of our signal.
- TAN - Touch Area Network - This is when I make contact with someone (or something), as a means of sharing data. No more PINs, simply touch the person and share very small bits of data, or passwords that allow for much larger amounts of data to be sentvia any of the above technologies.
I hate to tase about this, but I have to run, I will finish all these thoughts and wrap them up into a cohesive whole soon, I promise.
Reference:
wide spectrum laser networking
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Wednesday, February 12, 2003 |
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Hmmm, Let's take Jenny's toy, and put it together with John's toy, and see if we can get them to talk to each other eh? Now, where would you keep that fat drive in your house? In case of fire, you want it to be something that you can grab and run with (Kids/pets/photos, right folks?) So that leaves out the basement. In the hall closet, grab it on your way out the door? Now you have all your photos, TV shows, and any movies that you've archived in one handy unit. A great way to take them with you on the road, and as a means of remote storage.
More later tonight, I have to run to work.
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Wednesday, February 05, 2003 |
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Lucky Guys...
Brighthand has a review of the new Sony PEG-NZ90 with a built in 2 megapixel camera. It looks to be pretty sweet, though the battery life is lacking. C'mon fuel cell batteries!
Sony's flagship PDA.
 Extensive review over at Brighthand of Sony's new flagship PDA, the PEG-NZ90, which comes out on the 16th and is the first handheld to boast an integrated two megapixel digital camera. At $800, the NZ90 isn't cheap, but for your money you get built-in Bluetooth, an MP3 player, an integrated keyboard, and a 320x480 pixel 16-bit color display.
Read Amazon
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Monday, February 03, 2003 |
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Some thoughts on RF tags
I was thinking about RF tags and possible uses for them that are not too intrusive. FOr vendors, you want to be able to restock someone that you have a contract with quickly and easily, so that they never run out and need to call you for an emergency delivery. For users/business people, you want your items to work and always be there when you need them.
Solution: For disposable items and inventory, embed the RF tag in the wrapper of a disposable single serve item (a roll of toilet paper, pens, notepads) so that when the wrapper is taken out with the trash, the item no longer shows up in inventory.
But how will you do inventory? Servers are getting smaller and smaller, as are wireless solutions. Place multiple stations throughout your facility so that the inventory system simply consists of playing "Marco Polo" with the tags, you could do an inventory every shift change. Compare/contrast that with the numbers you get from the running totals of your picks/restocks and you've got a great means of tracking theft.
6:56:33 AM
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For the Crew of the Columbia
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills with awe,
O grant thy mercy and thy grace,
To those who venture into space.
By Robert Heinlein, via Jerry Pournelle
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Wednesday, January 29, 2003 |
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I love Gizmodo, It's a great looking site AD it has killer tech info as well. Check this out:
Add 7.1 channel surround sound to your laptop.
 The sound on laptops is notoriously atrocious, but there's a new box from M-Audio called the Sonica Theater that lets you add 7.1 channel, 24-bit/96KHz digital surround sound to any laptop.
Read
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