• BBC News, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 11 AM

Web-enabled devices will soon be "location-aware" and be able to "augment reality" Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a speech at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He said the technology industry would soon create a "new level of capability and usefulness to the Internet" that would be "proactive, predictive and context-aware."

Achieving this next level of communication between wireless devices would require Internet access over WiMAX connections, a technology in which Intel has invested billions. "Instead of going to the Internet, the Internet comes to us," he said. "We need a ubiquitous, wireless broadband infrastructure. Eventually, we will blanket the globe in wireless broadband connectivity."

Another requirement for completing his vision of the future would be more powerful processors that use less power. Otellini said breakthroughs in chip development would be needed, as the development of faster chips these days requires more power.

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