<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This is my first post too. But yes I too wonder about what's interesting abount internet 2 or 3, as</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;">It is now official. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;">The <I>ITU Internet Reports 2005: The Internet of Things</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;"> claims:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;">“…the next step in "always on" communications, in which new technologies like RFID and smart computing promise a world of networked and interconnected devices that provide relevant content and information whatever the location of the user. Everything from tires to toothbrushes will be in communications range, heralding the dawn of a new era, one in which today’s Internet (of data and people) gives way to tomorrow’s Internet of Things […]. <I>We are heading towards what can be termed a “ubiquitous network society”, one in which networks and networked devices are omnipresent.</I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;"> […] The use of electronic tags (e.g. RFID) and sensors will serve to extend the communication and monitoring potential of the network of networks, as will the introduction of computing power in everyday items such as razors, shoes and packaging.’ </SPAN></FONT><A style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><SPAN style="mso-special-character:footnote"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.5556px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;">[1]</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 18px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV style="mso-element:footnote-list"><DIV style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn1"><DIV class="MsoFootnoteText"><SPAN lang="NL" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><A href="http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/internetofthings">http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/internetofthings</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoFootnoteText"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoFootnoteText"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">maybe this has or is already being discussed here but I think the agency of expert users in hobby electronics, wireless, on the one hand and the need to be aware of new alliances between hardware, software and legislation (rfid protocols, standards) on the other hand (Microsoft buying Otto as a safe testbed for RFID and no privacy problems) is vital now as we are in a transition period where there is space to manoeuvre,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoFootnoteText"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoFootnoteText"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">greetings, rob</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV><DIV style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn2"></DIV></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Garamond" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><BR></SPAN></FONT><DIV><DIV>On Feb 18, 2006, at 12:56 AM, Christian Sandvig wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR> Hi this is my first post. Here is my suggestion: Let's get excited about something more current. </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>