Machines and objects to overtake humans on the Internet: ITU

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

I did a Usenix presentation in 2003 along a similar theme:
 
   http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/usenix2003/index.htm
 
Richard M. Smith
 
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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/17/051117122039.bk8qci9l.html
 
Machines and objects to overtake humans on the Internet: ITU
Nov 17 7:55 AM US/Eastern               

Machines will take over from humans as the biggest users of the Internet in
a brave new world of electronic sensors, smart homes, and tags that track
users' movements and habits, the UN's telecommunications agency predicted. 


In a report entitled "Internet of Things", the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) outlined the expected next stage in the
technological revolution where humans, electronic devices, inanimate objects
and databases are linked by a radically transformed Internet. 


 "It would seem that science fiction is slowly turning into science fact in
an 'Internet of Things' based on ubiquitous network connectivity," the
report said Thursday, saying objects would take on human characteristics
thanks to technological innovation. 


"Today, in the 2000s, we are heading into a new era of ubiquity, where the
'users' of the Internet will be counted in billions and where humans may
become the minority as generators and receivers of traffic," it added. 


Currently there are about 875 million Internet users worldwide, a number
that may simply double if humans remain the primary users of the future. 


But experts are counting on tens of billions of human and inanimate "users"
in future decades. 



They would be tied into an all pervasive network where there would be no
need to power up a computer to connect -- "anytime, anywhere, by anyone and
anything", the report said. 


Remote computer-controlled household appliances are already appearing, as
well as prototype cars with collision-avoidance sensors. 


Mobile phones can be used as electronic train tickets while meat exports
from Namibia or goods for US retail chain Wal-Mart are tagged with sensors
to allow them to be tracked. 


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