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• 11.15.09
  Sixth Sense future computing Future Trends, augmented reality | (1)

  (Updated with recent TED Talk by Pranav Mistry) Forget cellphone cameras -- future interfaces and the future web will be interactive projections. It could also mean the ultimate "convergence" of devices. For example, if the projection is simulating hardware -- such as the buttons on your cellphone, a keyboard, a screen or watch interface -- you could project multiple device interfaces from just one device, the projector. This could bring the cost of computing down even further, because interfaces become dynamic projections rather than physical objects. Perhaps a further stride against the digital divide? It's what Pranav Mistry from MIT's Medialab calls ...

  Tagged: future, future interfaces, future of media, future of mobile, future of social networking, MIT Media Lab
  
• 11.11.09
  The future of us Future Trends, Mobile Web, media launches | (1)

  One of the reasons innovation -- true innovation -- is so difficult to achieve, is that we're trapped by legacy. It's the key criticism of so-called old media companies. They're so culturally and institutionally programmed to work a certain way and protect old assets, that "innovation" in some contexts is merely tantamount to rearranging deck chairs on the titanic. So how is it that a wood pulp and boot manufacturing company dramatically changed their course to become one of the global cellphone giants? At most companies I've worked for, you often hear refrains like: "Ahem -- we shouldn't venture there, let's ...

  Tagged: future, future interfaces, future of mobile, n900, nokia, Nokia Booklet 3G, richard mulholland
  
• 05.11.09
  The future of mobile computing Future Trends, Mobile Web, Social networking, augmented reality | (8)

  I love these images.* It's a tale of what our future may look like. In many respects it's happening now, albeit in a crude form, via apps available for the JesusPhone like Locly, AroundMe and Snaptel. Locly and Aroundme instantly provides your phone with relevant information pertaining to your immediate location, aggregated from sources like flickr, twitter, blogs and wikipedia. Snaptel processes photos taken by your phone of real-world objects such as books, CDs, DVDs (etc) -- and then returns information gleaned from the net, right then and there, allowing you to purchase or do price comparisons based on shops in your ...

  Tagged: connected devices digital devices, contextual mobile search, future, future of mobile, Future Trends, location aware, location specific/real-time social networking, social network search, transparent digital device