So the owner of a smart refrigerator could check what's in the refrigerator on a smartphone, and in some instances, send photographs to be displayed on the refrigerator's LCD screen.
Brazil, for instance, sent Google more than three requests a day on average during the period covered by the report.
Automakers and some parts suppliers, for instance, sent hundreds of people to the crippled Renesas factory to help restore water and natural gas connections and to repair equipment.
The town of Dauphin, for instance, sent checks to thousands of residents every month, in order to guarantee that all of them received a basic income.
But the experimentally minded on such expeditions were also tempted to see what might withstand the pressure, and in at least one instance sent down a raw egg.
Cutting AIG's debt rating in 2008, for instance, sent investors rushing for the exit.Ending this dependence is a priority for the Financial Stability Board, which co-ordinates the G20's financial policies.
The Barclays traders, for instance, sent e-mails casually thanking their colleagues for lying, and sometimes talked with their supervisors about their plans, revealing a culture in which deception was simply part of how things got done.
When Robbie Keane, for instance, sent Didier Zokora clear in the 81st minute, the Czech international closed on him so that the finish cannoned off his head, with the midfielder then smashing the rebound wide.
Mary, a freelance camera assistant in Brooklyn, for instance, sent a swab of her cheek cells to DNA Direct to find out if her extreme fatigue was caused by hemochromatosis, a genetic condition in which the body retains too much iron.
