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The Future of Ubiquitous Computers
An anonymous reader writes "Is there any end to this ubiquitous computing thing? Plants that send thank you notes, player pianos that follow the dancer's movements, and umbrellas that warn you of upcoming rain are just a few of the uses of embedded computers described in this article from the NY Times. Laptops seem so dull when it's easy to embed chips, install a Linux distro and sew them into your clothes . Do we really need to wear our computers? Why can't the world be happy with a good old desktop? It was good enough for the PC generation."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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