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springwise: Pocket-sized smartphone projector turns any surface into a touchscreen When it comes to showing something on your phone to friends or co-workers, it’s not always ideal to have them crowd round the small screen size of typical mobile devices. While it’s possible to push the display to larger screens such as connected TVs, the element of touch control is still limited to the smartphone. Currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, TouchPico is a device that can wirelessly project an 80″ display from Android smartphones, with a touch interface. READ MORE…

springwise:

Pocket-sized smartphone projector turns any surface into a touchscreen

When it comes to showing something on your phone to friends or co-workers, it’s not always ideal to have them crowd round the small screen size of typical mobile devices. While it’s possible to push the display to larger screens such as connected TVs, the element of touch control is still limited to the smartphone. Currently seeking funding on Indiegogo, TouchPico is a device that can wirelessly project an 80″ display from Android smartphones, with a touch interface. READ MORE…

July 30, 2014
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stoweboyd: wolfliving: COMPOSE, or Collaborative Open Market to Place Objects at your *lowercase your* Service  http://www.compose-project.eu See Forget the social graph: pay attention to the work graph: In the new Pew Internet report on the Internet of Things in 2025 I was cited for inventing the term ‘computication’: Desktop computers will be in museums, although a certain cadre will not give up their keyboards and will resist learning how to subvocalize or sign. People who talk to their goggles are considered infantile, since most people give up on that technique before starting school. Most people have wrist or finger devices that talk with their goggles, even when the goggles are off (in bed, exercising, in the shower, etc.), giving notifications, and allowing a subset of computication capability. Some work objects — and other social objects — will become partly animate, capable of communicating with each other and us. Sensors, AIs, intelligent documents — all will demonstrate the characteristics of Bruce Sterling’s spimes. They will have ‘lifetimes’ and they will persist. They will have relationships with us and other spimes. They will computicate. Our work graphs will be richer for that, but today’s tools are organized around inanimate and flimsy work objects. Beefing that up is one of the major trends for the next five years in the enterprise.

stoweboyd:

wolfliving:

COMPOSE, or Collaborative Open Market to Place Objects at your *lowercase your* Service 

http://www.compose-project.eu

See Forget the social graph: pay attention to the work graph:

In the new Pew Internet report on the Internet of Things in 2025 I was cited for inventing the term ‘computication’:

Desktop computers will be in museums, although a certain cadre will not give up their keyboards and will resist learning how to subvocalize or sign. People who talk to their goggles are considered infantile, since most people give up on that technique before starting school. Most people have wrist or finger devices that talk with their goggles, even when the goggles are off (in bed, exercising, in the shower, etc.), giving notifications, and allowing a subset of computication capability.

Some work objects — and other social objects — will become partly animate, capable of communicating with each other and us. Sensors, AIs, intelligent documents — all will demonstrate the characteristics of Bruce Sterling’s spimes. They will have ‘lifetimes’ and they will persist. They will have relationships with us and other spimes. They will computicate.

Our work graphs will be richer for that, but today’s tools are organized around inanimate and flimsy work objects. Beefing that up is one of the major trends for the next five years in the enterprise.

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May 19, 2014
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emergentfutures: Control your Drones from DroneDeploy Simple Web-Based Mission Planner DroneDeploy launches their web-based drone control platform,  enabling users to control drones over the internet. The software is designed to simplify drone workflows, making it easy to create high-precision surveys, agricultural maps, and point clouds. Full story: Adafruit

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Control your Drones from DroneDeploy Simple Web-Based Mission Planner

DroneDeploy launches their web-based drone control platform,  enabling users to control drones over the internet. The software is designed to simplify drone workflows, making it easy to create high-precision surveys, agricultural maps, and point clouds.

Full story: Adafruit

May 16, 2014
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tacanderson:

This Is How Google’s Driverless Cars Navigate Tricky Roadblocks

Google’s self-driving fleet of Prius and Lexus vehicles have a stellar safety record, and, at least according to Google, are now safer than human drivers. That’s partially because machines aren’t distracted by things like spilled coffee or an obnoxious song on the radio. They also don’t get tired after a 10-hour day at the office.

These cars are safer because they are the most passive object on the roads. There is no aggressive driving. If you watch at minute 1:04 you’ll see the cyclist just messing with the car. Now I’m sure this is done for testing and demonstration purposes, but I guarantee the first driverless cars are going to be cut off constantly, because the other drivers on the road will know that they’ll stop. 

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April 30, 2014
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emergentfutures: fastcodesign: Apple’s “Transparent Texting” Could Make Typing And Walking Safer If you’re walking, you really shouldn’t be texting. While not as perilous as texting and driving, there’s no surer way to annoy fellow pedestrians than by zigzagging across a sidewalk, eyes glued to your precious screen. But if you absolutely must walk and text, Apple might have a new feature that could make that action safer. More> Co.Design Paul Higgins: A solution looking for a problem. Just don’t walk and text. be a little more in the world

emergentfutures:

fastcodesign:

Apple’s “Transparent Texting” Could Make Typing And Walking Safer

If you’re walking, you really shouldn’t be texting. While not as perilous as texting and driving, there’s no surer way to annoy fellow pedestrians than by zigzagging across a sidewalk, eyes glued to your precious screen. But if you absolutely must walk and text, Apple might have a new feature that could make that action safer.

More> Co.Design

Paul Higgins: A solution looking for a problem. Just don’t walk and text. be a little more in the world

March 31, 2014
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