Shown is an OLED display for use in portable communications (courtesy of Universal Display Corp., www.universaldisplay.com). An RF ID tag is pinned to a cow's ear to monitor its whereabouts (courtesy of Texas Instruments, www.ti.com).
 
For oil and gas exploration, the GPS (upper left corner) is communicating with platforms (small ships) on the water, and these above-water platforms are communicating with autonomous submarine-like underwater vehicles on the seabed or just above it (courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, www.mbari.org). This transceiver provides a wireless Web monitoring system for civil structures (courtesy of MicroStrain Inc., www.microstrain.com).