The silver cylinder at the top is actually a small power generatingdevice that converts micro-vibrations into usable energy, so stick one of these on, say, a ventilation duct and you should just about get enough juice to power a calculator or even an LED.
The great symbol of American mobility is morphing into a network device, a data-generating green machine plugged into a matrix of power grids, cloud computers and social media.
Avoiding unnecessary reimbursements requires the ability to centrally administer BYOD devices, including generating monthly reports of the active devices and automatic reconciliation of reimbursements with device and employee status.
The business opportunities opened up by this device-to-data center world, with billions of Internet-connected devices generating Big Data, are the next big thing.
Tablets are a prime example of this trend generating traffic levels that will grow 62-fold from 2011 to 2016 -- the highest growth rate of any device category tracked in the forecast.