As I sit in my hotel in Tel Aviv, I marvel at the fact I can see what’s happening in the Pacific Ocean because of the National Data Buoy Center system.
The buoy in question, 46012, gives me water and air temperature, wave height, wave period, air pressure, air pressure trend, wind speed (direction and gusts), and a 24 hour reporting sample.
Just before I left on this trip, I got an e-mail from OnStar indicating that my engine oil had an estimated 42% life remaining, that my brakes, transmission, air bag system, and engine were fine. I love that.
We’re in a world chock full of sensors, and it’s only going to become more prevalent. I’m off to Goteborg, Sweden from Isreal this afternoon. We’ll see what sensors we can discover there.
The point to this entry? Well, I wonder how our customers will respond as they are able to “see” that an air filter needs to be cleaned because of a gradual upward trend in CPU temperature? That’s where we’re headed……
