2. Cyber Foraging – cont.1
Need infrastructure facilitating cyber foraging
Need smart public spaces
Equipped with compute servers or data staging servers
Much as table lamps [or power outlets] are today
Connected to the wired Internet through high-bandwidth networks
‘‘Wasting’’ smart infrastructure when not in use
We can afford this ‘‘waste’’ to improve user experience
Could ensure that never wasted - always in use
E.g., run SETI program / sell time slices to others
Surrogate of a mobile computer:
Hardware in the wired infrastructure temporarily supporting cyber foraging for the mobile computer