O'Reilly Network: The Body Electronic: An Interview With IBM's Robert Morris

Under the leadership of Robert Morris, vice president of personal systems and storage and director of IBM's Almaden Research Lab, IBM is putting forth the concept of autonomic computing.

As IBM puts it, "Increasing processor might, storage capacity, and network connectivity must report to some kind of systemic authority if we expect to take advantage of its potential. The human body's self-regulating nervous system presents an excellent model for creating the next generation of computing."...