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¤ IOT, IOE, 3D Printing,¤ Machine Consciousness

Internet of Things (Everything)

Wikipedia:The Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices within the existing Internet infrastructure.

Gartner:The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.

Map of Internet Connections

3D Printing

When you hear 3D printing what comes to mind?

¤ Plastic gears?¤ Replacement parts for an appliance?¤ Illegal gun components?¤ ?

3D Printing

Earlier this year a group at Harvard solved one of the most difficult challenges involved in growing artificial human organs. The team used a 3-D printer to make human tissue that includes rudimentary blood vessels. Emboldened by that success, the researchers have started an ambitious project to make fully functioning printed kidneys

More Reading Material

Computer ConsciousnessArtificial Intelligence In SmartphonesHBR: How the Internet of Things Changes Everything