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1、五PlanetEarthwilldoanelectronicskininthenot-too-distancefuture.Itwillusetheinternetasascaffoldtotransmititssensations.Thisskinisbeingstitchedtogether.Itconsistsofmillionsofelectronicmeasuringdevices,suchasthermostats,pollutiondetectors,cameras,EKGs.Thesewillpr
2、obeandmonitorcitiesandendangeredspecies,theatmosphere,andourships,highwayvehicles,andourbodies.Foradecadeorlongertherewillbenocentralnervoussystemtomanagethisvastsignalingnetwork.Andtherewillbenocentralintelligence.Butwebelievethatsomequalitiesofself-awarenes
3、swillemergeoncetheNetissensuallyenhancedandemulatedthecomplexityofthehumanbrain.SensualityisonlyoneforcepushingtheNettowardintelligence.Aneeriesymbiosisofhumanandmachineeffortisalsostartingtoevolve.TheInternetcreatesachannelforthousandsofprogrammersaroundthew
4、orldtocollaborateonsoftwaredevelopmentanddebugging.Throughcollaboration,thiscommunitycanpushpastthetechnicalbarrierstomachineintelligence.Andthoughsiliconnetworkstodaylooknothinglikethebrain,nodesoftheNethavebeguntofunctionasneuron.Researchershavealreadytackl
5、edcomplexcomputingproblems,suchasinterpretinginterstellarradiosignalswithaboutamillionPCsworkinginconcert.Beforelong,discretemicroprocessorswillprobablybeknittedtogetherintoadhocdistributedcomputers.Don’tthinkoftheseasPCnetworks.Theterminalswouldjustaslikelyb
6、ecellphonesofpalm-likedevices,eachonefarsmarterthantoday’sheftiestdesktops.Wemaythinkofthisasawholeecology,aninformationenvironmentthat’smassivelyconnected.Humanityisnowpreparingtocastitsnetacrossthesolarsystem.AtaNASAlaboratoryinCalifornia,scientistsaredevis
7、ingaversionoftheInternetcalledInterPlanetthatwillweavethemoon,Mars,andsomeasteroidsandcometsintotheearth’sexpandingnervoussystem.Today’scommunicationsbetweenearthandunmannedprobesareexpensive,proprietary,andcomplex.WithInterPlanet,wecansimplifyeverything,cutc
8、osts,andengagethepublicmoreeffectively.Then,theearth’stelemetricbodywillspanthereachesofthesolarsystem.TheNetmaynotexperienceallthehumanthrillsofexploration,butitwillfeelsometinglesupandd
