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multidisciplinary group of researchers from the Schools of Engineering and
Science has come together in Rensselaer’s Center for Pervasive Computing and
Networking to collaborate on projects that contribute to the goal of
pervasive computing. This vision foresees a world in the not-distant future
in which computer systems are embedded in everything: from personal digital
assistants to implanted biological devices, to bridge-monitoring systems,
and to
teams of robots sent into a collapsed building to locate survivors. Untethered – wireless – communication is constant and, in many cases, so
automated that human intervention is unneeded. Wireless, broadband community
systems inexpensively bring people together for virtual town meetings, video
doctor-patient conferences, and on-line business transactions. Computers in
automobiles share information on congestion, quickly computing alternate
routes. The promises are immense, but the challenges are formidable.
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