internet of things

I posted this on the new scientist website. 

Fifty years ago who would have thought that we would take the ability to send any digital document from a office desk around the world as common place? Yet when you buy something on Amazon or Ebay it still takes days to arrive. Work is often more than information its about things. The internet-of-things would make sending a book, a blood sample or a pizza as simple as sending an email. Autonomous mini robots running on special tracks, moving like packets over the internet could move things from one place to another.  

Why stop with things? Next year Heathrow will see the world’s first autonomous taxi system (Ultra) that is faster door-to-door than a car but uses less energy than a bus. Even Microsoft is considering using it for their headquarters. Can work be the same when the trip to work will be cheap, quick, quite, green and chaffer driven?