Interactive Buildings:

The building inspection process will capitalize on computer
interfaces capable of communicating a broad range of sensory
information about the qualities of buildings that stimulate the
tactile, visual, audio, and olfactory senses.  To retrieve
information about a particular building component, the inspector
will activate an electronic processor located on that component. 
Information that comprehensively describes the component will be
transmitted to a hand held receiver which will record the digital
information to memory.  This device will be capable of
broadcasting the data to the user or transmitting it to a central
information processor and database through a cellular
communications link.

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