Energy

Report From ETC: Re-imagining the Future

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  • October 1, 2003
  • By Neil Savage

If fueling up may get closer to home, computing is spreading out. David Tennenhouse, director of research at Intel Research, imagines a global computer network with "fingers" reaching everywhere, sensors scattered around the world, and embedded processors in various devices. "We need new sensors and actuators, new ways of connecting our computers to the physical world," he said. "Information technology has barely scratched the surface of where it can be used."

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