Re: Houston, the Awesomeness has landed.

by Toaster Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:58 pm

Cheese wrote:
Lord Pheonix wrote:a lot of that video looked kinda fake

It was the TED conference, which is like the E3 of the tech community. not fake.

I don't think he means the presentation, but the demo video. Some of it probably was enhanced or fake. It's difficult to film a projected image clearly, so it probably was edited for clarity.

by kslidz Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:47 pm

you know we kinda already have seven senses
sixth= sense of balance
seventh=sense of time

by KristallNacht Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:32 pm

still more unwieldy than the Surface concept products. and less clean

by Toaster Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:18 pm

KristallNacht wrote:still more unwieldy than the Surface concept products. and less clean

Do you plan on lugging the Microsoft Surface to your nearest grocery store?

by Rasq'uire'laskar Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:42 am

ReconToaster wrote:
Civ wrote:The wristband idea is kind of stupid.

That's just the interface. It would be very difficult to program an interface that interacts with your brain. We're no capable of that just yet.

NT wrote:that is nonsense
Jet wrote:I am with NT this is just stupid...

You're focusing too much on how silly she looks with the device on, and maybe that you don't like the interface. Instead, focus on the technology behind it.

A camera that is attached to you takes an image of something you are holding. It finds what product that image came from in its database and can give you information like:

Where to get a better deal on that product

How ecologically friendly the product is

In the case of media or hardware, it could give you the amazon rating of the product. For parents looking at games for their kids, it could give them an extended ESRB rating, or it could show them an article from 'whattheyplay.com' that talks about whether or not the game is suitable for children.

Now imagine if this same technology and infrastructure was put into use in a different way. What if instead of using a webcam, the device received images the same way that your brain does. It could take advantage of your eyesight.

What if all you had to wear was a small necklace that projected images onto surfaces?

What if there was no projector at all, and the image was fed directly to your brain?

You guys aren't seeing the POTENTIAL of this technology. You're dismissing it because she looks silly, and you don't want to wear green fingertips.

Sad... so little imagination...
Imagine RFID chips embedded in everything. Everything.
You touch an object, and a contact lens beams info into your eye.
Second generation would HAVE to upload the info directly to your brain. It won't read it to you, you'd know the info like it was already there.

Or we could put all of this onto the iPhone, along with the retinal scanner, DTV antenna, medical scanner, Taser, and credit card.

ReconToaster wrote:
KristallNacht wrote:still more unwieldy than the Surface concept products. and less clean

Do you plan on lugging the Microsoft Surface to your nearest grocery store?

No, considering the fact that it will already be there.

by Cheese Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:33 am

Recon, know how I found out about it? (and subsequently showed qwerty)

Someone sent me the link with the tagline - 'Dude, they stole your idea.' (BCs from my book)

Even the conference thing Razz

I mean obviously they didn't steal it; but funny it should happen now.

by KristallNacht Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:45 pm

ReconToaster wrote:
KristallNacht wrote:still more unwieldy than the Surface concept products. and less clean

Do you plan on lugging the Microsoft Surface to your nearest grocery store?

you dyslexic or something?

SURFACE CONCEPT PRODUCTS

not the fucking Surface tabletop computer.

by thane321 Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:47 pm

KristallNacht wrote:
ReconToaster wrote:
KristallNacht wrote:still more unwieldy than the Surface concept products. and less clean

Do you plan on lugging the Microsoft Surface to your nearest grocery store?

you dyslexic or something?

SURFACE CONCEPT PRODUCTS

not the fucking Surface tabletop computer.

3 dyslexics walk into a bra

dyslexics untie!

sorry, couldn't resist