Taking advantage of recent advances in flexible electronics, researchers have devised a way to "print" devices directly onto the skin so people can wear them for an extended period while performing normal daily activities.
Intelligent sensors collect information about operating conditions combined with analytics software will help facility managers become far more proactive about managing buildings at peak efficiency
the second major phase of the Internet, in which the number of human users will be dwarfed by the number of cell phones, remote sensors and devices connected by the Internet.
a projected 50 billion devices will be Internet-enabled by 2020
According to scientists, humanity has begun its next major shift: we are now entering the "Hybrid Age". Across the entire range of scientific and technological disciplines changes are occurring that were unimaginable a few decades ago.