Archive for the 'The Future' Category
here’s an interesting project: memiary. it’s simple -> write down 5 things you did today. save. search.
here’s a screenshot i stole from someone else’s blog:
actually what interests me most is the process and background surrounding the project. and the overall social implications of these kinds of services. sooooo, basically ur saying my computer will remember for me??? dude.
I know I said I would to take a few days, but just couldn’t resist a link to Popular Science and their article about robot aliens.
Yup. Robot aliens. More than 50/50 chance, no less. (Um, should I be worried about this?)
Kevin Kelly: Predicting the Next 5,000 Days of the Internet
We have to get good at believing in the impossible, he says. Internet as machine, black hole, oh boy
it’s just not evenly distributed. - William Gibson
I found myself quoting Gibson today in response a debate on the relevance of micro-blogging.
According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project ~7 months back (talk about time travel!), the top #1 method of communication for the most wired generation ever is… the telephone! (aka landline- for those of you who don’t remember, phones w/cords attached to a wall.)
Another interesting little factoid from the article-
“Teens choose the proper tool for each task, be it cellphone texting at a noisy party, Facebook for a quick hello, instant messages for multiple conversations, and seeing friends in person to, well, talk.” - USA Today
Anyway, I was originally thinking about the return to the past (either with devices, applications, clothing or music) and the growing demand for authenticity in both interface and quality of experience. Even simple - and arguably unnecessary - applications/add-ons are beginning to crop up (eg. Home Typist), offering this non-digital alternative that many people are really getting into.
For a more theoretical POV on authenticity, def check out Walter Benjamin’s “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” (which, btw, I so skillfully weaved into a conversation the other day about ice cubes. Yup.)
Unveiled at the 2008 Electric Aircraft Symposium in San Fran, Boeing proposed a new form of transportation. Think: Jetsons, only no one has to actually “drive” it. Or Back to the Future, without the time travel. Plus, it will be energy-efficient! (powered by either battery or electricity)
“Boeing’s research group is designing a [car-plane] hybrid aimed at travelling up to 300 miles at a time. It will use precision navigation systems that would allow the average ‘driver cum pilot’ to fly without special training thanks to a computerised ‘flight instructor’ built into the cockpit.” Read More
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