FWIW the "roomba" even has its own forum, and the hackers are already at work on the "zoomba" ... but, that could actually have been predicted by future-watchers ... http://www.roombacommunity.com/
> >Under the guise of anti-terrorism, and/or anti-crime, within > >a short time (shorter than you can imagine) we will be > >implanted, starting with children (via painless injection at > >birth) with a nano-computer/transmitter/controller. What > >parent would not want the perfect solution to prevent > >kidnapping, SIDS, even crying? > Seriously now, how could RFID possibly prevent crying? I assume that is a > joke. It would not do much to prevent kidnapping either, because the > readers do not work a few meters away from the target. Absolutely no joke, Jed.... You ask the readers of your book, for instance, to suspend disbelief and to transpose the concept of a fully advanced LENR power supply into future situations, but you are trying to shoehorn the current state of RFID (the "stone age" version, so to speak) without consideration of the obvious course of advancement, and the proven implications of Moore's law. This is very serious... and expected. We all have distinct brain waves that are well-correlated with such things a pain, fear, self-assurance, deep meditation, love, hate, and so on... one can suspect that with future advances in EM transmitters, that these brain-waves can be simulated and stimulated by the same type of electrical transmitter which would sends RF signals, only tuned to the lower frequency and other peculiarities of brain waves. The effect on the conduct of an individual is likely to be overwhelming. IOW in 10 years when we have the equivalent of a supercomputer reduced to a near nano-machine which is easily implantable, along with the RF transmission capability; then brain-wave stimulation capability, as well as a large degree of self-contained AI, and voila!! the *control* possibilities are limitless. That future implant, tiny as it is, and powered by the host's own metabolism, can sense the host's emotions, hear and understand conversations with others, and predict future conduct ... and if in a child where "crying" is indicated, then it will send the appropriate signal for "comfort" and also notify the parent ... and it is just a step from there to eavesdropping on anti-social conversations, and either "tattling" to the appropriate authority or taking the appropriate internal action which prevents the fulfillment of those negative indicators, whether they take the form of criminal conduct, drug use, suicide, or terrorism, or really any prohibited conduct. By this time small micro-receivers will be placed and hidden everywhere throughout society, so the low power of the transmission is not a problem. One might try to defeat the "watchdog" system, like our California "Gubernator" Arnie-the-destroyer did with a towell wrapped over his head in that great Sci-Fi movie based on the PK Dick short story, but there are counter-measures for that too. Control can practically be guaranteed at the individual level, at some point in the future. This is all just a step-wise advancement. The base technologies are in place, waiting for Moore's law and vastly increased R&D before taking off... it is all just the natural progression of computers and networks. RFID is getting vast infusions of capital, and it will be an unstoppable force to contend with, most likely. Jones
