Entropy

Researches are currently (and have been for some time) discussing a “clean slate” for the internet. Things are changing, there are no more space constrictions, processing power is plentiful as is bandwidth - the internet is no longer relevant to the mediums it works on.

The idea may seem unthinkable, even absurd, but many believe a “clean slate” approach is the only way to truly address security, mobility and other challenges that have cropped up since UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock helped supervise the first exchange of meaningless test data between two machines on Sept. 2, 1969.

The idea is even getting traction from many of the people involved in the initial internet design process —

Even Vinton Cerf, one of the Internet’s founding fathers as co-developer of the key communications techniques, said the exercise was “generally healthy” because the current technology “does not satisfy all needs.”

Read more on the plans at Yahoo