We will also be able to amplify the power of personal computers by harvesting the unused computation power of devices on the Internet. New communication paradigms such as “mesh” computing contemplate treating every device in the network as a node rather than just a “spoke.”43 In other words, instead of devices (such as personal computers and PDAs) merely sending information to and from nodes, each device will act as a node itself, sending information to and receiving information from every other device. That will create very robust, self-organizing communication networks.
