This week, a group of leading technology vendors that include Cisco, Sun, Ericsson, Atmel, Freescale, and embedded open source developers, founded the Internet Protocol for Smart Objects Alliance to promote the 'Internet of Things,' in which everyday objects such as thermometers, radiators, and light switches are given IP addresses and are connected to the Internet. Such IP-enabled 'smart objects' give rise to a wide range of applications, from energy-efficient homes and offices to factory equipment maintenance and hospital patient monitoring.
Here's Google Tech Talk video of a lecture about the possible uses of an Internet of Things:
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gntV6AePOM)
So what does this mean for you? In ten years if you misplace your shoes you'll probably be able to find out where they are by asking Google. Which will be pretty awesome as long as there are privacy protections that prevent everyone else from knowing where your shoes are at all times.
In any case, this is just one more example of how the Internet is going to merge with the real world and how Google will become God. So just go about your days as normal. Nothing to see here. But one day we'll all wake up and wonder when everything got so damn strange.
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