A Prescription for Cyber Physical Systems (original) (raw)

This paper is a philosophic look at(view of) the promise and perils of cyber physical systems. It is not a doom and gloom view of the systems (It is overview of the current systems and their technologies), we believe in the bright and useful future of the cyber physical environments (systems?). However, looking at the history of technology in the recent past, the need of careful prescription to design systems that prevent the unforeseen less than positive side of technology. No matter how useful a technology is, the providers soon push burdensome "features" on to the unsuspecting user.