"As more technology and software migrates to the cloud and is configurable over-the-air then the number of 'attack surfaces' (to use the jargon) increase," saysStevens.
On the wrist IFTTT gives users a big button that triggers some user configurable action.
The logical conclusion of this approach, which also brings configurable logic a step closer to Dr Estrin's original vision, is to build a "system on a chip" that combines reconfigurable circuitry with a conventional processor on a single piece of silicon.Since April just such a hybrid has been available from Triscend, a company based in Mountain View, California.
The software is configurable, so employers will be able to decide just how happy their employees should appear.Using computers to measure smiles will strike many as absurd.
Or perhaps you have set up your own personalised filtering system, either via a configurable news site, or by combining news feeds from your favourite sites.
In particular, Nokia's Series 60 software, which powers its high-end phones, is highly configurable, so that the same hardware can support different operators' news, music and gaming services, simply by making changes to its software at the last minute.Chain reactionThe next step, says Mr Kallasvuo, will be to move into hardware customisation too, where volumes justify it.
They are usually thought of as ASICs even though some may be configurable for several similar applications.
In strict mode, if you try to change the value of a property that isn't writable or try to delete a property that isn't configurable, a clear error will be thrown.
JavaScript feels the same as you use your objects, but with the delicious sugar of set, get, writable, configurable, and enumerable.
The i3 began life as the Megacity electric project car, but the concept evolved into a purely electric runabout that would be configurable, when it went on sale in 2013, with a gasoline-burning, 3-cylinder range extender.
