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Smart Dust is entering the Innovation Trigger, Micro Data Centres are nearing the Peak of Inflated Expectations and virtual reality has escaped the Trough of Disillusionment en route to the Slope of Enlightenment. Yes folks, it can mean only thing: Gartner has been hitting the psychotropic drugs again has cast its collective …

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  1. John Smith 19 Gold badge
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    "Smart Dust"

    AKA "localizers"

    A vital tool for "security"

    That's a Kindle with "A Deepness in the Sky" loaded.

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  2. Naselus

    Can't help but feel wearables should really be in the trough already tbh. The only people still hyped on the idea of smart watches are tech journos with an Apple fetish.

    And hasn't enterprise 3D printing basically been in productive use on industrial scales for the last 30 years or more? Sure, you don't sit a Makerbot on your desk, but RPMs have been in use since the 80s.

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  3. Allonymous Coward
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    My manager makes decisions based on Gartner analysis

    He's an idiot. Fortunately I'm changing jobs soon.

    Icon, because that's what Gartner reports need to die in.

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  4. Ed the 1st

    Smart dust is sooo 200x

    https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22smart%20dust%22

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