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The Amazing Future of Wireless Technology in Medicine

Zach — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:25:02 +0000

Eric Topol explains how our smartphones will monitor our vital signs and chronic conditions. We’ll be able to view our sleep patterns and even know know exactly when we’re dreaming. We’ll also be able to see reports of our health and track diseases. This technology is revolutionary and lots of it has already been developed. Eric Topol explains how these advances can will be used to keep people out of the hospital bed, and track those who are already there.

A Look at the 2010 Olympic Torch

Zach — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:26:55 +0000

Designed and manufactured by Bombardier, A Canadian corporation founded in 1942, which ranks first as a supplier of transportation equipment on rail systems and related services, and third place as a manufacturer of civil aircraft in the world. The torch of Olympic Winter Games 2010 based on the contours of the Canadian winter landscape, its overall design symbolizing the tracks left in snow and ice in winter sports.

As for the fuel, it’s a mixture of propane and isobutane which allows the flame to burn at temperatures colder than any other torch in Olympic history. A vent on the side of the torch, allowing the Olympic flame to deploy such a flag. There were 12,000 of these gorgeous torches hand-assembled in Montréal, one for each carrier.

Interactive Music Table Makes Learning Notes Easy and Fun

Zach — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:25:46 +0000

Noteput is an interactive music table that gives people the ability to create a string of notes with physical note pieces. Noteput combines hearing, sight, and touch screen to make classical notation much easier to learn. Not only is this a cool way to learn, it gives users the instant ability to hear what the exact note sounds like. It’s too bad there wasn’t a way to expand the surface to create a longer string of notes.

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Holographic iPhone by 2020?

Zach — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:25:18 +0000

In the past few posts I’ve covered technologies that are currently being studied and are on the brink of revolutionizing the tech market. Here is yet another technology that will eventually be critical in the near future, and that is holographic technology. Recently a french designer Josselin Zaïgouche came up with the idea which she thinks will be possible by 2020. The Apple Black Hole is a futuristic device that let’s the user navigate through an extensive amount of programs, all while touching mid air.

After opening your hand, the ball in the middle of the device starts levitating, allowing you to control different applications in mid-air. If you attach the gadget to the recharging base it automatically turns into a desktop device.

So what are your thoughts? Can you see this becoming popular, yet alone possible?

Where Holographic Technology is Now

Impressive, but as you can see there’s still a ways to go.

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Next Generation Augmented Reality To Cool to Handle

Zach — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:32:15 +0000

Talk about assisted living. This video show’s what augmented reality could turn into, covering both the handy and clever features, but also the reality of cluttered advertisements.

The latter half of the 20th century saw the built environment merged with media space, and architecture taking on new roles related to branding, image and consumerism. Augmented reality may recontextualise the functions of consumerism and architecture, and change in the way in which we operate within it.

A film produced for my final year Masters in Architecture, part of a larger project about the social and architectural consequences of new media and augmented reality.

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Movie Polaroid Camera: Create Movies on Material Instead of Ink

Zach — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:11:06 +0000

What made Polaroid cameras so special was the fact that anyone could get instant satisfaction of viewing a picture. Designer Kim Hyun Joong has taken that to the next level by introducing the idea of creating a Polariod-type camera that can print video clips onto a flexible display material. This technology would require a special technology called “graphene” which is currently being studied for the implementation of electronics.

This technology is similar to the futuristic newspapers seen in Harry Potter. Except graphene is made up of carbon rings one atom thick, not magic. This concept would “print” both audio and video components onto a flexible film paper which could then be seen immediately after being printed.

It’ll be interesting to see where else this technology could be implemented into. We could use this technology to produce video clips in textbooks, advertisements, video games, the possibilities are endless. The issue is whether scientists can produce this technology at an affordable price.

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The Future of 3D Video is Here!

Zach — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:52:26 +0000

I stumbled across an amazing video that literally made my mouth drop. YellowBird is a new company that has revolutionized 3D video. With their new technology, people can view 360 degrees at all angles thanks to the YellowBird camera. Take a look…

Founders: Marc Groothelm and Rafaël Redczus

Project Website: www.yellowbirdsdonthavewingsbuttheyflytomakeyouexperiencea3dreality.com

Nokia’s Vision of 2015 on Mobile Devices

Zach — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:26:39 +0000

A few months back we covered Microsoft’s vision of 2019 concerning technology, now it’s Nokia’s turn. Nokia’s vision of 2015 focuses on portable devices which features technology we’re on the verge of obtaining.

Overview of Features

Social Networking:

Face recognition software: When a mobile device is facing a crowd, the device is able to identify where your friends are (headshot of friend, phone number, when they last met, even pictures of you with each other.) By 2015, Nokia’s vision of gathering data will be much more advanced then it already is, leaving users with the ability to truly connect with anyone.

Connecting:

Music Sharing: I’m not sure how legal this feature is, but apparently the ability to listen to your friend’s music will become available.

News Fetching: Not only will the mobile devices be used as a common GPS, when driving to work, news stories related to your interests will be read out to the driver.

Hardware:

Because mobile devices are becoming more of a computer then a phone, the idea is to be able to use the device wherever you’re going. To do this, Nokia believes that data will be stored on a small sim card that can then be inserted into different devices. For example, if you’re riding a bike, you’ll be able to insert the sim card into a smaller device perfect for the outdoors. In a nutshell, there will be different designs for different users.

Summary

Nokia’s vision seems almost so realistic that it could be done even before 2015. Companies like Foursquare are already figuring out how to connect random people with each other. For example, say you’re at a bar, using foursquare, you can see the interests of people around you using a mobile device, so connecting with people of the same interests will be much easier. Nokia’s concepts certainly aren’t anything that can’t be reached by 2015, but the direction they see mobile devices going in, is right on target.