NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

[woogerbear]

Any comments on this? I was surprised not to hear one.This was said by the chairman of Forest Research!There cannot be a bigger validation for the technology or a bigger call to action by major corp[orations to begin to implement it. Wh should begin to use the buzz word X-Internet

"A market researcher yesterday projected the extended Internet, or X-Internet, will be the buzzword of the next decade in the high-tech world.

George Colony, chairman of the U.S.-based consultancy Forest Researcher, yesterday made the prediction on the sidelines of the Seoul Digital Forum 2005 and World ICT Summit.

``From 1995 to 2005, connection was made by every company and every customer via the Web. From 2005 to 2015, connection will be made between every company and every product,¡¯¡¯ Colony said.

He said the ubiquitous linkage between firms and products can be called the X-Internet, connecting the physical world of things to the digital world of information.

``As the X-Internet catches on afterwards, there will be 14 billion devices hooked up to the Internet by 2020 from the current 1 billion,¡¯¡¯ Colony predicted.

He added the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, the small integrated circuit chips that are replacing current barcodes, are the first wave of the X-world.

``Companies have started putting radio tags into tires, jet engines and heavy machines. All these connect those physical devices to the Internet,¡¯¡¯ he said."