On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Matt Dismukes wrote: > Another key idea is a network of microscopic > computers that float in the air. You unknowingly inhale them, and the > operator is able to read your neurons (i.e., your thoughts). How are > your gonna fit code, cpu, and radio transceiver in a bacterium-sized > package? Vinge doesn't say what it's made of. I've not read the book (too busy for fiction at the moment!) but for this there is always the promise of nano-scale computers. These would use molecular scale components and you could easily fit the the cpu into a mote of dust. The tricky bit might be the radio transceiver as you get into the nasty world of analogue RF design (where lengths matter). I guess you could program the nano-machine to attach itself to the "host" and then use then either grow an antenna or use the host's body as one. Now that's what I call a wearable PC... :-) Tatty bye, Jim'll -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org please, Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/false domain
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