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Google Goggles Makes The World More Transparent

The story
Google Goggles is a visual search app for Android phones. Instead of using words, take a picture of an object with your camera phone: Google Goggles attempts to recognize the object, and returns relevant search results. Goggles also provides information about businesses near you by displaying their names directly in the camera preview.

Why this story inspired me
Like other apps, for instance Layar, Google is now really starting to add all of the information on the web to real life objects. It brings the virtual and the real world together and in doing so it makes the world more transparent. Relevant information is instantly available.

What I hope sharing this story will lead to
I hope that more companies will realize that the only way to be successful in the future is by being open.

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Trillions - Why The Future Needs New Ways Of Thinking

The story
This is a short film (a fast paced preview of a larger effort) by MAYA Design created to put some perspective on the invisible but fast approaching challenges and opportunities in the pervasive computing age.

Why this story inspired me
The fact that the future is unknown and great changes are ahead is something that, I think, is very exciting. Not knowing and exploring new areas is much more about living than making sure things stay the same.

What I hope sharing this story will lead to
I hope that more people start letting go of controlling the future but instead start living it.

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PopTech 2009 Highlights

Highlights from PopTech 2009. What’s Poptech? Poptech is “a global community of cutting-edge leaders, thinkers, and doers from many different disciplines, who come together to explore the social impact of new technologies, the forces of change shaping our future, and new approaches to solving the world’s most significant challenges.” (via worldchanging)

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Free Lifetime Internet Devices

While Amazon downplays it, the best thing about the Kindle is… free internet (who needs cell phones?)! Okay, not high speed, video or even color internet but it’s still the internet, in your pocket, anywhere, for under $300 (the cost of the device). Peek is also coming out with a product called TwitterPeek that offers a free lifetime of wireless Twitting after you buy the device for $200. I am lovin this trend. Can’t wait for the next device like that.

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Wikipedia In A $99 Device

RIP Encyclopedia. OpenMoko just released a $99 touch screen device. The device, called the Wikireader, includes 3 million Wikipedia entries on an SD card. (via engadget)

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Brain To Brain Internet

The human brain makes a pretty good router. In the video, a person thinks 1 or 0 by imagining arm movements. An EGG picks up a streams of 1’s and 0’s. Sends that over the internet. A light flashes on another computer. EGG reads the light flashes in a second person’s brain. The computer then recreates the original pattern of 1’s and 0’s. (via gizmag)

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Eye Gesture Recognition

Move over voice and motion recognition. The new kid on the block is eye gesture recognition. Not with a camera either but an ear bud that detects nerve signals.

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• Design, Technology