Comments on: Our dogs live like science fiction characters http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/01/26/our-dogs-live-like-science-fiction-characters/ The Future, Science, and Science Fiction: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: obkimmer http://www.brenda-cooper.com/2009/01/26/our-dogs-live-like-science-fiction-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 obkimmer Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:12:01 +0000 http://www.brenda-cooper.com/?p=285#comment-1651 I came across this post today on eetimes, and thought of the many micro devices in your recent books. http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Z30GMPRLGEO2UQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=212902636 The article talks about harvesting energy from ambient RF sources, and gives a Moor's Law analogy to the amount of energy that will be available in the future. Imagine being able to actively track your dog's chip. "The range at which you can power a device [with a given amount of ambient RF energy] should double every four years," - Joshua Smith I came across this post today on eetimes, and thought of the many micro devices in your recent books.
http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=Z30GMPRLGEO2UQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=212902636

The article talks about harvesting energy from ambient RF sources, and gives a Moor’s Law analogy to the amount of energy that will be available in the future. Imagine being able to actively track your dog’s chip.

“The range at which you can power a device [with a given amount of ambient RF energy] should double every four years,” – Joshua Smith

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