The Internet of Things

17 mei 2006
17 mei 2006

The long-awaited vision of "ubiquitous computation" has taken a bumpy step toward reality with the emergence of "Radio Frequency Identification".

An RFID chip -- tiny, rugged and cheap -- is a combined computer and radio. It's tomorrow's barcode. RFID "tags" can be attached, glued or even built-in to objects, giving them unique "Electronic Codes" that can broadcast product data. Because tags can be digitally tracked in space and time with high speed and accuracy, they are spreading rapidly in retail, security, shipping, and the US military. RFID tags are the building blocks for tomorrow's "Internet-of-Things" --- auto-Googling nets of objects; graphic front-ends for every thing in the manufactured environment.

In this next of the series of Tesla events, we will hear from the futurist, critic, and author Bruce Sterling, the charismatic father of cyberpunk, and an internationally acclaimed science fiction writer.

Time and place:
May 17th, 18:00; Malet Place Eng 1.02
(You can find a map at
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Tesla - Art and Science Interest Group
Computer Science Department
University College London

Tesla Group Coordinator
Gordana Novakovic
Senior Research Fellow
AHRC/ACE art & science fellow
Leverhulme Trust artist in residence
Department of Computer Science
University College London
Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT
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