Sensors provide computers (and their owners) information about the world around them. Computers won't reach the next level of intelligence without a comprehensive set of sensors. Ultimately the biggest impact of sensors may be in intelligent machines, robots and eventually androids. However in the end it is all about helping humans and the other branch will be enormous - directly adding extra sensors to humans. We already have a huge advantage over computers with our many built-in sensors (many more than 5 by the way) but adding sensors for things we can't natively sense or sensors that improve on our built-in senses will increase our abilities and make life safer and more productive. This has already started with increasing numbers of sensors in cell phones and the trend will continue with more person-borne sensors and more sophisticated person-borne sensors. In the short term our machines and toys, such as cars, houses, appliances, sports equipment and cell phones will start sprouting more sensors, but eventually our personal sensor space will extend far beyond our bodies and it won't even be clear what is person-borne and what is just extracted from external sensor networks. To answer the original question, simply ask yourself where you spend the most money on things - that is where the most sensors will appear in your life. So houses, cars and cell phones.
Sensors provide computers (and their owners) information about the world around them. Computers won't reach the next level of intelligence without a comprehensive set of sensors. Ultimately the biggest impact of sensors may be in intelligent machines, robots and eventually androids. However in the end it is all about helping humans and the other branch will be enormous - directly adding extra sensors to humans. We already have a huge advantage over computers with our many built-in sensors (many more than 5 by the way) but adding sensors for things we can't natively sense or sensors that improve on our built-in senses will increase our abilities and make life safer and more productive. This has already started with increasing numbers of sensors in cell phones and the trend will continue with more person-borne sensors and more sophisticated person-borne sensors. In the short term our machines and toys, such as cars, houses, appliances, sports equipment and cell phones will start sprouting more sensors, but eventually our personal sensor space will extend far beyond our bodies and it won't even be clear what is person-borne and what is just extracted from external sensor networks. To answer the original question, simply ask yourself where you spend the most money on things - that is where the most sensors will appear in your life. So houses, cars and cell phones.
