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March 31, 2008 Article #19651 Volume 122, Issue 1 Features
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Imagine a network of small programmable objects ... that can detect changes in light, heat, humidity, and motion
Sun SPOTs Feel Their Way Through the World
Sun's Roger Meike Sees Them Turning Up Just About Everywhere
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In its effort to stay ahead of the market, Sun inaugurated the Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT) project, a hardware and software platform designed to overcome the challenges that currently inhibit the development of the emerging network of things. Project Director Roger Meike sees the field as promising, saying, "These little devices may be something where you have hundreds of them in your car and thousands of them in your home and office and they're just surrounding you every day. Al Riske writes about the Suns SPOT project.
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