文档介绍：Disruptive Technologies APPENDIX F Background: The of Things
Global Trends 2025
APPENDIX F: THE OF THINGS (BACKGROUND)
The Technology
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TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP: THE OF THINGS
Software agents and
advanced sensor
Technology Reach fusion
Miniaturization, power-
efficient electronics, and
available spectrum
Teleoperation and
telepresence: Ability to
monitor and control
distant objects
Ability of devices located Physical-World
indoors to receive Web
geolocation signals Locating people and
everyday objects
Cost reduction leading Ubiquitous Positioning
to diffusion into 2nd
wave of applications Surveillance, security,
healthcare, transport,
food safety, document
Demand for expedited management
logistics Vertical-Market Applications
RFID tags for
facilitating routing,
inventorying, and loss
prevention Supply-Chain Helpers
2000 2010 2020 Time
Source: SRI Consulting Business Intelligence
The of Things
The term of Things appears to have been coined by a member of the RFID
munity circa 2000, who referred to the possibility of discovering
information about a tagged object by browsing an address or database entry that
corresponds to a particular RFID. Since that time, visionaries have seized on the phrase
“ of Things” to refer to the general idea of things, especially everyday objects,
that are readable, recognizable, locatable, addressable, and/or controllable via the
—whether via RFID, wireless LAN, wide-work, or other means.
Everyday objects includes not only the electronic devices we encounter everyday, and not
only the products of higher technological development such as vehicles and equipment,
but things that we do not ordinarily think of as electronic at all—such as food, clothing,
1 The Technology Roadmap highlights the timing, features, and applications of significant technology
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