The first is the localizer chip. Think how much mechanical and electronic ingenuity was once needed to determine the position and orientation of objects. This information can propagate across the embedded networks. And so we have a uniform software solution to almost all location-finding problems. The result is an explosion of applications.
Physical objects become as easy to track and control as software structures in a computer program.
But most of the time, they cooperate with one another and with us. The dream of home robots is realized. In fact, every time we recall some old futurist dream, we should think how it fits into the world of embedded networks and localizer chips. The embedded networks' other helper technology is the wearable computer. But it's also the PC of the new age, our most immediate access to commerce and information.