100 billion computers the size of grains of sand

Billions of intelligent devices are being released into the environment, each size of grain of sand, with software, hardware, operating system, memory, wireless communications... as replacement for traditional barcodes. WalMar aleady insists on all boxes being tagged with these RFIDs in warehouses. These chips can also be fused with brain tissue enabling animals to transmit basic thoughts. Human beings are already tagging themselves - to get admission into night clubs for example. That's all in the past. What about the future? Dr Patrick Dixon Futurist seminar on technology trends for Dimension Data. Patrick Dixon is an international conference speaker and author of 12 books including Futurewise.