Our world is getting more connected and this infographic from Cisco neatly describes some of the benefits. How about your alarm clock resetting itself to wake you up 5 minutes later when a meeting gets delayed and signaling your car to start de-icing itself at the right moment.
Microsoft’s Embedded team is busy working with partners to build systems that do precisely these kinds of things – seamlessly connecting our world and help smooth out the seams of our lives. See my earlier post and video on this.