Tomorrow never comes?
In 1975, the United States Chamber of Commerce gave a forecast of what wonders one could expect in the world of the future. Among its predictions (and the reality check in parenthesis):
Tag Archives: technology
Calling a mouse a mouse
When researchers at Stanford Research Institute first decided to call the pointing device they’d just invented a mouse, they probably didn’t envision that some day, someone would take a real, dead mouse and model it into a computer mouse. You heard me right – a dead mouse. This obnoxious creation is the brainchild of Christy… Read More »
Samsung’s concept PC
Most industrial designs these days are pretty derivative. On the other hand, you can’t help thinking that sometimes designers ought to get real. I mean, the stuff shown here may be cute, but are they practical? The lamp stand model, in particular, doesn’t seem to be built on solid foundation.No specs, details or anything else… Read More »
I know what you think last summer
I know this is probably too early for Christmas (after all, it’s still only Easter), but here’s a great gift idea for all the geeks out there. Called Pocket 20Q, it’s a globe-like handheld electronic game that, presumably, can read your mind by asking you 20 questions (or less). The artificial intelligence behind the game… Read More »
Wii-Diculous?
This is awesome! Can you imagine if they have this in Time Zone, or when movie theatres stop showing movies and allow patrons to play video games?
Sing and search
Have a song stuck in your head that you don’t know the title or who sang it? Well, if you can hum it, a melody-based search launched by Naiyo Media Inc. can find it (or at least that’s the claim of the Korean outfit). Called Humming Search, the tool is supposed to be able to… Read More »