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Wherever you go, there you are….

June 11, 2015 Uncategorized Comments Off on Wherever you go, there you are….

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1505.06311v1.pdf

There is a lot of unused power and cleverness out there right now.  I don’t think that this is a new thing, but rather that the tools are better, getting them out and available is easier.  It’s entirely possible to track a person via their wireless/wifi access, but its not anywhere as easy (or pretty) as what you see on CSI.  You may be dealing with multiple networks, multiple sources you have to go through to get data.  It is, quite nearly, an impossible task for a human person to tackle without the support of computer driven search software, and even then, if a person is crossing lines, if they are moving between networks for one reason or another, it adds levels of complexity that may take days to solve.

Ambient Energy

June 8, 2015 future, Writing Comments Off on Ambient Energy

 

http://www.technologyreview.com/view/538031/first-demonstration-of-a-surveillance-camera-powered-by-ordinary-wi-fi-broadcasts/

Electronics bleed.  I mean, if energy serves as the lifeblood of any bit of tech, then I think we can make that metaphor work, right?  There is energy all around us, there is the solar energy that gets dumped on our planet by the tanker-load every minute of every day, there is the lost energy in the form of heat that bleeds from our car engines as they sit, cooling with no more than an occasional crackle or ping, in our garages at night.  There is the extra kinetic energy lost when your fingers mis-type letters on a keyboard, or when you idly spin your office chair around in circles.

As we move forward, we are going to need to think differently about recapturing energy, there are going to be a host of inventions, big and small, that will help us to achieve even greater levels of efficiency.

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