The current legal DVD battle between the movie industry and the free/open software communities over DVD is a microcosm of an ongoing intellectual property war.
Barbara Simons Pages 31-32
Add reliable wireless communications and sensing functions to the billions of physically embedded computing devices around the world for a new universe of ubiquitous networked computing.Deborah Estrin, Ramesh Govindan, John Heidemann Pages 38-41
Human-in-the-loop computing has its limits. What must we do differently to prepare for the networking of thousands of embedded processors per person? And how do we move from human-centered to human-supervised computing?David Tennenhouse Pages 43-50
For pervasive computing performance, exploit the physical limits of these densely distributed networks of embedded sensors, controls, and processors.G. J. Pottie, W. J. Kaiser Pages 51-58
An infinitely accessible Web-linked physical environment united by a multitude of tiny servers could mean a life of information ease.Gaetano Borriello, Roy Want Pages 59-66
For coherent behavior from vast numbers of unreliable microsensors, actuators, and communication devices interconnected in unknown ways, apply the lessons of cellular cooperation in biological organisms.Harold Abelson, Don Allen, Daniel Coore, Chris Hanson, George Homsy, Thomas F. Knight, Radhika Nagpal, Erik Rauch, Gerald Jay Sussman, Ron Weiss Pages 74-82
Web-based catalogs provide the main entry point for B2B e-commerce and will fundamentally transform supply-chain relationships.
John P. Baron, Michael J. Shaw, Andrew D. Bailey Pages 93-100
System adaptability is critical in today's rapidly changing business culture. Now, new approaches offer ways to specify, design, and implement adaptable apps.Marshall Cline, Mike Girou Pages 101-106
