"This is the next generation of voting equipment technology that is becoming available as computerized systems become more efficient and less expensive," said Jerry Meadows, senior vice president of the election solutions group at Hart InterCivic.
As home theater surround-sound systems become more popular, speaker wires trailing across living-room floors are becoming a growing problem -- and this summer and fall, electronics companies will seek to solve the problem by introducing wireless speakers.
When rBST is injected into cows, their digestive systems become more efficient at converting feed to milk.
"As these systems become more sophisticated, we need to think about how and what they optimise," he replies.
"This huge gap in oversight is a problem now, and will only grow as global communications systems become more interconnected.
As electric systems become more sophisticated, they have begun to mystify auto executives with mechanical backgrounds -- to say nothing of executives with finance and marketing backgrounds.
And as the systems become more pervasive, their key-chain controllers are adding new antitheft and convenience measures, including immobilizers and keyless ignition systems.
As quantum hackers continue to put systems through their paces, such loopholes will be closed as these now have been and the systems become more secure.
As electronic systems become more complex, it is essential that errors produced by noise be removed; otherwise, the systems may malfunction.
These might seem something for the distant future, but the technology is already affecting people's lives – car insurance premiums are predicted to plummet in the next few years as crash-avoidance and sensor-triggered braking systems become more widespread.
Since he became chief executive in May, he has made his first goal clear: As markets and technology systems become more interconnected, his company, long marked by divisiveness, must undergo a cultural makeover.
