Silicon.com's Steve Ranger interviews Robin Mannings, BT's futurologist and research foresight manager, and looks at the idea that RFID will soon create an "Internet of things."

"We will soon be in the middle of a blizzard of tiny computers embedded into everyday items and constantly talking to each other," Ranger writes. "Welcome to the so-called 'Internet of things,' which will replace today's Internet of people and data. Everyday items from TVs to toothbrushes, sports equipment and even buildings will have in-built computing power and wireless that will allow them to communicate and share information."

"RFID is just the tip of the iceberg, and the iceberg is ubiquitous computing -- more or less everything being a computer," Mannings says.

"As a result, we will find ourselves living in a 'digital bubble' where as people move around, the technology and the services they use will follow them, because it knows where they are -- for example, every coffee machine might be able to know how you like your coffee without being told," Ranger writes.