Bradley Horowitz, responsible for novel technology development at search giant Yahoo, looks ahead to the “internet of things”.Imagine this scenario: I am in a supermarket and I pick up a can of tomatoes and I place it in the shopping trolley.Immediately my mobile phone flashes green to indicate to me that it is a good buy. I go down the aisle and choose a bottle of wine but this time my phone flashes red to suggest I reconsider.This is only possible when we have a universal resolver for every entity in the world.
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The Tech Lab: Bradley Horowitz
Bradley Horowitz, responsible for novel technology development at search giant Yahoo, looks ahead to the “internet of things”. Imagine this scenario: I am in a supermarket and I pick up a can of tomatoes and I place it in the shopping trolley. Immediately my mobile phone flashes green to indicate to me that it is a good buy. I go down the aisle and choose a bottle of wine but this time my phone flashes red to suggest I reconsider. This is only possible when we have a universal resolver for every entity in the world.