Dec and her staff will see a constantly updated on-screen display of the status of key business applications at each site: when the programs are scheduled to run, when they're being tested, and when they're given a green light or flagged for problems.
Given Apple's early lead in wireless networking using the Wi-Fi standard, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to see Apple creating what is essentially a touch-sensitive screen that can display the contents of any computer it is connected to.
IRRI's crop scientists, plans to screen the institute's collection of 6, 000 varieties of wild rice to see if any of them display a predisposition for C4 photosynthesis.