Streaming technology had to improve: this allows studio servers to send a continuous flow or stream of data through (but not to) a desktop computer, where it is converted into sound.

ECONOMIST: How well is net radio fulfilling its early promise?

Instead of slabs of gel, it uses capillaries filled with a liquid polymer, so that continuous flow is possible without the need to change slabs.

ECONOMIST: Genetic warfare

Smarr wants to strengthen those connections to create a dynamic global computer--a kind of Ubiquinet, if you will--by adding millions of sensors on Earth, in space and even inside us to provide a rich and continuous information flow.

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