[spectre] [Tesla@UCL] Bruce Sterling:: The Internet of Things, May 17th

[Gordana Novakovic]

Dear friends and colleagues,

In the next in 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.
All welcome!

Abstract:

The Internet of Things

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.

Time and place:

May 17th, 18:00; Malet Place Eng 1.02
(You can find a map at
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/images/uclcs_map.jpg)

Hope to see you there,

Gordana
Tesla Group Coordinator

Tesla - Art and Science Interest Group
Computer Science Department
University College London
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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
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/people/G.Novakovic.html
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/csnews/artist_in_residence.htm
www.fugueart.com
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