Internet 'playground' to test new tech

• Autores: Timothy Revell
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3112, 2017, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An "Internet playground" is being set up in the UK to try out new communications tech on a huge scale. The Initiate project will test technologies to make connections faster and more secure, and lay the groundwork for smart cities and new Internet of things applications. But testing Internet tech is hard, as you can't just start messing with infrastructure that millions rely on. With a test bed network, it doesn't matter if researchers break things. It is all based on a server in the town of Slough. High-speed fibre-optic cables link it to researchers at the universities of Bristol, Edinburgh, Lancaster and King's College London.