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REPLICATING ANY STRUCTURE. "Utility fog (coined by Dr. John Storrs Hall in 1993) is a hypothetical collection of tiny robots that can replicate a physical structure. As such, it is a form of self-reconfiguring modular robotics." https://lnkd.in/eM3mJB6 View in LinkedIn

RAY KURTZWEIL'S VISION. "Uploading human minds to computers controlling robotic bodies with superhuman capabilities. Consisting entirely of replaceable parts, and provided with safe, out-of-body storage of their memories and psychological states, these beings will be effectively immortal." https://lnkd.in/eiVDpvQ View in LinkedIn

UTLITY FOG. "Arthur C. Clarke is famous for suggesting that any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic. There's no better example of this than the ultra-speculative prospect of "utility fogs" — swarms of networked microscopic robots that could assume the shape and texture of virtually anything." https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn

UPLOADED MIND. "But utility fogs may have an even more radical application than that — there's also the potential for people to upload their minds directly into this nano-infused cloud. "You could very realistically imagine uploading into it ... and then you'd be this sort of formless data amoeba controlling this formless physical amoeba and take any size or form you wanted." https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn

TRANSFORMATION OF THE NORM. "We live in a world where factories, cities and transportation are going through a dramatic transformation, from isolated systems to an integrated network of smart devices and systems that can ‘talk’ to each other and create a smart world. Thanks to the Internet of Things more data is created than ever before and by 2020 sensor data will make up 40% of all data created." https://lnkd.in/ekgVRmX View in LinkedIn

HYBRID REALITY. "Hall foresees the day when utility fogs will blend seamlessly with the real and virtual worlds, creating a kind of hybrid reality in between. "You could put yourself in a virtual environment where you're interacting with something that leads to a real environment ... and it's this interface between what's real and virtual that will prove to be the most important thing about it." https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn

SMART DUST. "And motes in a smart house could report back on lighting, temperature, carbon monoxide levels and occupancy. With motes embedded in all of your belongings it might be possible to run a Google search in the physical world. For example, asking Google "where are my keys?" would give you the right answer if they have been fitted with a mote." https://lnkd.in/eJg-jHE View in LinkedIn

HOLODECK. "You could actually push this technology to the point of creating a virtual world around you ... You'd essentially get Star Trek's holodeck — one that could actually cut you and make you bleed." https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn

EVERYTHING WITHOUT LIMIT. "Putting sensors on stuff? Boring. What if the sensors were in the air, everywhere? They could monitor everything—temperature, humidity, chemical signatures, movement, brainwaves—everything." Orwellian. https://lnkd.in/eSBshT3 View in LinkedIn

MACHINE MENTAL INTIMACY. "With proper programming the Fog would almost be able to read your mind. This combination of extreme reactivity to control and virtually limitless creative and operational ability suggest a comparison with the Krell machine in "Forbidden Planet"." https://lnkd.in/eik9_rZ View in LinkedIn