You carry with you at all times a small, low
powered device that can send a low
powered signal to a transmission tower
within a few miles. The tower boosts the
signal up to a satellite, which relays data
you have allowed remote access to, at high
speeds. The concept is that could could
have
all your data, hundreds of gigabytes
or more, available remotely on a device no
larger than a USB key, which you could
interface with a large number of decives.
Plug it into someone else's computer and
use it like it was your own, never be
without an essential document, no need to
email your term paper to yourself before
you go to print it before class. FOrgot your
cell phone? Plug the device into your
friend's phone and access all your
contacts, use it just like it was your own
phone. Ipod? Access you personal music
library from anybody's system, anytime.
Your world. Truly Connected.
Each device has a unique password you
must enter to decrypt the data, so if you
lose it you're not forfieting the contents of
your hard drive. You could also require
biometric security via a fingerpint scanner
built into the device, powered by USB or
another powered connection.
The strengths are that it is low power,
using only a weak signal that could be
powered by ambient motion (think
perpetual watch), using powered remote
towers to boost the signals out to the
satellites. It's also not specific, which is
good because you can really see a lot of
different uses for this device. It's also
CHEAP because it's just a reciever and
some hardware encryption, the rest is
handled by the devices you use it with.
Cons are infrastructure, but cell towers
could easily be retrofit with passive signal
boosters (isn't that what they are
anyways?). The bandwidth needs to be
high enough for some good speeds, at
least 6mbit, hopefully more, so there
might need to be a few more dedicated
staellites.