Of course, I also have mobile and cordless phones, walkie-talkies and numerous remote controls for toys and other pieces of IT including a myriad of infrared wireless devices. The planning and policing of radio is a complex task on a par with...
Traditionally, businesses deal with legacy systems by creating more legacy systems - building layer upon layer, creating an overly complex base for a system that will be extremely difficult to adapt. Many companies face a tough task supporting a...
The more advanced architectures provide a common meta data layer and use the latest web technology to provide zero footprint access without compromising functionality. But this distinction is a million times more important than creating another...
Self-assembly would essentially turn circuit mapping into a bottom-up task, with molecules creating patterns as a result of their inherent properties. To prove it works, IBM created flash-memory-like chips containing silicon nanocrystals, which...
This morning I left my automated home, bound for my paperless office. In its place we are seeing the growth of task-based environments, where space is shared and knowledge workers converge and interact for the duration of a project.
It's difficult not to warm to him, which is a characteristic he is bound to find useful in his role as an architect for public sector transformation. This means even though he is a technologist and a public servant, he sees his task in terms of...