33 month ago
merlinmann : Technology is not always your friend / Author warns of intrusive gear, 'toilets crashing' - "I see a lot of misery. I see people's toilets crashing. How much in our homes are wired and subject to the blue screen of death?"
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35 month ago
kellan : Wish List: Ten Inventions, Some More Serious Than Others - Classic, excellent Phil Agre piece from 2001, including ideas on the intersection of user-submitted content, ubicomp, and the physical world. Some day, some day. #
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35 month ago
plasticbag : Adam Greenfield ships Everyware, now available on Amazon pre-order... - I get a thanks on his post on the subject, which I'm not sure I deserve, but hey. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of this - albeit with that dread that it'll be great in which case I'll be jealous or that it'll be terrible in which case
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42 month ago
plasticbag : A new digital camera takes several photos at split-second intervals and throws away the ones where too many people are blinking... - I love that we're at a place in the technology cycle where it becomes possible to conceive of ludicrously excessive ways of solving simple real-world problems inexpensively
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43 month ago
plasticbag : Nokia 770 coverage from MobileBurn - "It is the kind of device that you leave on the coffee table or on the night stand next to your bed. When you need to check your email or do a quick Internet search, you just power it on instantly (like a PDA) and have at it."
Isofarro : Nokia Launches Linux Based 770 Net Appliance - As Russell Beattie mentions, the storage is a little limited. Although USB connectivity is mentioned in the list of features.
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43 month ago
plasticbag : MouseField: A Simple and Versatile Input Device for Ubiquitous Computing - The application in question seems dumb and less easy to use than gui interfaces, but maybe the idea of smart sensing spaces where you can put and manipulate real-world objects has some scope
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43 month ago
plasticbag : Making the world calmer through ambient technology - A slightly banal overview of some of the work on ambient technology that's been going on...
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44 month ago
plasticbag : Lightspace Corporation - Cutting Edge Interactive Lighting Surfaces - They make shiny walls and interactive floors and stuff. It's very prety and cool and I suspect might eventually seem natural and obvious...
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45 month ago
plasticbag : If you hug a needie the other two bitch about the third one behind his back... - Wonderful implementation of pervasively networked toys from Tom Igoe's talk at ETech 2005
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45 month ago
plasticbag : Junkie's Little Helper - as mentioned by Tom Igoe at ETech 2005 - Tracks your drug use and keeps all your friends informed about how high you are in a chatroom
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47 month ago
plasticbag : Body-drawing communicator for distant partners - And my point is: if this is the kind of thing that Media Lab Europe spent all their time on, is it really any wonder that they've had to shut down...
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47 month ago
plasticbag : Airclick remote control for your stereo-connected iPod, via Mr Webb - "AirClick USB is a remote for Mac and PC computers. The receiver module attaches to any available USB port (including hubs) and receives signal from up to 60 feet away."
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49 month ago
plasticbag : My post on Camera Phones and privacy from June 2003 - "If I were a private nervous person who didn't want photos taken of me at all, then I could set my camera to a 'leave me alone' mode. If someone tried to take a picture of me on a 'normal' setting, then they'd find that their camera simply wouldn't work.
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49 month ago
plasticbag : The Flower of Presence - "This MediaLab Europe Project uses everyday natural objects to communicate a loved one's sense of presence. Shown here is a wireless, IM-enabled flower that opesn when your friend or lover is online, and closes when she's offline." Bit tacky though...
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plasticbag : Microsoft and Swatch offer thinner wireless watches - So they're broadcasting interesting data in the air, which means that absolutely anything could use it and respond to the news or the weather or a stock price, and they put it in watches?! Where's the teddy bear that shivers when it's cold outside?!
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