John Edwards9780471655336, 0471655333
Table of contents :
Team DDU……Page 1
Contents……Page 10
Introduction……Page 17
Information Portal……Page 18
Back to Me……Page 19
I, Telecom Junkie……Page 20
1. On the Menu-Telecom Services……Page 22
1.1 End of the Line for Wireline?……Page 23
1.2 The Broadband World……Page 24
1.2.1 Broadband Over Power Lines……Page 25
1.3 The Upcoming Mobile Stall……Page 26
1.4 Fourth-Generation Mobile Service……Page 27
1.5 Modular Components……Page 28
1.6 A Considerate Telephone……Page 29
1.7 E-Mail Leads to Instant Messaging……Page 30
1.8 Fun and Games……Page 34
1.9 Flying Phone Service……Page 35
1.10 Speech Integration……Page 36
1.11 Telemedicine……Page 40
1.11.1 Health Monitoring……Page 41
1.11.2 Small Clinics/Hospitals……Page 42
1.11.3 Monitoring on the Road……Page 43
2.1 Personal Computers……Page 46
2.1.1 Smaller and Smarter PCs……Page 47
2.2 Home Automation……Page 49
2.3 Wearable Computers……Page 50
2.4 Smart Fabrics……Page 52
2.5 Embedded Systems……Page 53
2.6 Project Oxygen……Page 54
2.6.2 Goals……Page 55
2.6.3 User Technologies……Page 56
2.6.4 Applications……Page 57
2.6.5 Hurdles……Page 58
2.7 The Obje Software Architecture……Page 59
2.8 BARN Opens the Door……Page 61
2.10 Cognitive Software: Anticipating User Intent……Page 62
2.11 Devices That Understand You……Page 64
2.12 Turbocharging Data……Page 65
2.12.2 Cutting-Edge Manufacturing……Page 67
2.12.3 Wireless Chip……Page 68
2.12.4 Open Source Smart Phones……Page 71
2.12.5 Nanowiring……Page 72
2.13.1 Low-Loss,Wide-Bandwith MEMS……Page 73
2.13.2 StressedMetal MEMS……Page 74
2.13.3 The Nanoguitar……Page 76
2.14.2 Optical Storage……Page 78
2.14.3 Nanoring Memory……Page 80
2.15 More Efficient Base Stations……Page 81
2.15.1 Boosting Mobile Phone Range……Page 83
3. Connections in the Air-Wireless Technologies……Page 84
3.2 WLANs to Come……Page 85
3.3 WLAN for Emergency Communications……Page 86
3.4 Smart Brick……Page 87
3.5 Wireless Smart Stuff……Page 88
3.7 Mesh Networks……Page 89
3.7.1 Emergency Mesh……Page 92
3.8 Wireless Sensor is a “Spec”……Page 94
3.10 Optical Sensors……Page 95
3.11 Navigating the Real World……Page 96
3.12 Wireless Underwear……Page 97
4.1 Faster Networks……Page 99
4.1.1 Faster Fiber……Page 100
4.1.2 Next-Generation Telecom Network……Page 102
4.2 New Optical Materials……Page 103
4.2.1 New Glasses……Page 104
4.2.2 Optical Fibers in Sponges……Page 106
4.2.4 Hybrid Pastic……Page 108
4.2.5 Buckyballs……Page 109
4.2.6 Old Glass/New Promise……Page 110
4.3 Nanophotonics……Page 111
4.4 Wave Polarization……Page 113
4.6.1 Smallest Light Emitter……Page 114
4.6.2 Light-Emitting Transitor……Page 115
4.6.3 VCSEL……Page 117
4.6.4 Improved VCSEL……Page 118
4.6.5 Tiny Laser……Page 119
4.6.6 Looking Into Lasers……Page 120
4.6.7 Manipulating Light……Page 121
4.7 Optical Antenna……Page 122
4.8 Keeping Copper……Page 123
5.1 VoIP Telephony……Page 125
5.2 The Next Internet……Page 127
5.2.1 Riding the LambdaRail……Page 128
5.2.2 Faster Protocol……Page 131
5.4 Infostructure……Page 135
5.4.1 Intelligent Agents……Page 139
5.4.2 Next-Generation Agent……Page 140
5.5 Tele-Learning Opens Horizons……Page 141
5.6 A New Approach to Virus Scanning……Page 142
5.7 Putting a Lid on Spam……Page 144
5.8 The Meaning Behind Messages……Page 145
5.9 Internet Simulator……Page 146
5.10 Untangling Tangled Nets……Page 147
6.1 Digital Radio……Page 149
6.2 Software-Defined Radio……Page 150
6.3 Ultrawideband Radio……Page 151
6.4 Asset Tracking……Page 152
6.4.1 RFID Components……Page 154
6.4.2 Tag and Read……Page 155
6.4.3 REID in Retail……Page 156
6.6 Vehicular Telematics……Page 157
6.6.1 Vehicular Radar……Page 158
6.6.2 Train Monitor……Page 159
6.6.3 Satellite Road Tolls……Page 160
6.7 Helping Ranchers From Space……Page 161
6.8 Seeing Inside Walls……Page 162
6.9 Microscillator……Page 163
6.10.1 High Dielectric Antenna……Page 164
6.10.2 Nanotube Antenna……Page 165
6.10.3 Fractal Antennas……Page 166
6.10.4 Fractal Antenna Design……Page 167
6.10.5 Towers in the Sky……Page 168
6.11.1 An Allocation Approach……Page 170
6.11.2 Quieter Ovens……Page 172
7.1 Testing Security……Page 173
7.2 Location-Based Privacy Software……Page 175
7.3 Securing Privacy……Page 177
7.4 The Seeing Eye……Page 178
7.4.2 Surveillance Legality……Page 179
7.4.4 Focusing on Pre crime……Page 180
7.4.5 Smart Surveillance Camera Software……Page 181
7.4.6 Motion-Tracking Cameras……Page 183
7.5 Smart Roads……Page 184
7.6.1 Getting Under Your Skin……Page 185
7.6.2 Faster Fingerprints Via Wireless……Page 186
7.7 Encryption……Page 187
7.7.1 A Double-Shot of Security Software……Page 188
7.7.2 Data Hiding……Page 190
7.7.3 Data Hiding’s Positive Side……Page 191
7.8 Quantum Cryptography……Page 192
7.8.2 Quantum Photon Detector……Page 193
7.8.3 Distance Record……Page 194
7.9 E-Mail “Cluster Bombs”……Page 195
8.1 New Materials……Page 197
8.1.1 Carbon Nanotube Batteries……Page 198
8.1.2 Thin Films……Page 199
8.2 Smaller, Lighter Power Adapter……Page 200
8.2.1 Glass Battery……Page 201
8.2.2 Ion Trek……Page 202
8.3 Fuel Cells……Page 203
8.4 Microcombustion Battery……Page 204
8.5 Power Monitor……Page 205
8.6.1 SynJets……Page 206
8.6.2 VIDA……Page 207
8.6.3 Wiggling Fans……Page 208
9.1 A Finger Phone……Page 211
9.2 Voice Input……Page 212
9.2.1 Saying It With Meaning……Page 213
9.2.3 Computer Talk……Page 214
9.3 Improved Audio Output……Page 215
9.4.1 Touching Research……Page 217
9.5 Projection Keyboards……Page 220
9.7 Output……Page 221
9.9 Paper-Like Video Displays……Page 222
9.9.1 Electronic Paper Display for Mobile Phones……Page 224
9.9.2 Ogling OLEDs……Page 225
9.9.3 Polymer Displays……Page 226
9.9.4 Quantum Displays……Page 228
9.10 Finding Information……Page 229
9.10.1 Simplified Image Retrieval……Page 230
9.11.1 Mobile Phone Interface……Page 231
9.11.2 GPS Guidance……Page 232
9.11.3 Speech-Controlled Arm……Page 233
Glossary……Page 235
Index……Page 244
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