1. wait…fo’shizzle?  EnhancedViewTM technology can present any type of information (text, image, video, 3D file, etc.) on a simple transparent lens. “EnhancedViewTM technology is based on the special curvature of a semi-reflecting lens, which collimates a multicoloured image into the user’s field of vision. The special properties of the glass lens allows a wide field for the enhanced view (the standard is 40° x 30°) and the image resolution exceeds 800 x 600 pixels.  It is equivalent to viewing a floating screen with 90 cm (34”) diagonal at 1 metre or a screen with the diagonal approximately 270 cm (88”) seen from 3 metres! — Laster Technologies (via NOTCOT)

    wait…fo’shizzle? 

    EnhancedViewTM technology can present any type of information (text, image, video, 3D file, etc.) on a simple transparent lens.

    “EnhancedViewTM technology is based on the special curvature of a semi-reflecting lens, which collimates a multicoloured image into the user’s field of vision. The special properties of the glass lens allows a wide field for the enhanced view (the standard is 40° x 30°) and the image resolution exceeds 800 x 600 pixels. 

    It is equivalent to viewing a floating screen with 90 cm (34”) diagonal at 1 metre or a screen with the diagonal approximately 270 cm (88”) seen from 3 metres!

    — Laster Technologies

    (via NOTCOT)

  2. conceptblog: luminar “If MIT student natan linder has his way, next to every desk lamp will be his unique luminar project. the luminar combines robotics with a small scale digital projector to create a unique table top interactive system. the system projects images onto a flat surface like a desk and enables them to interact with  gestures. the design is mounted on an articulated robotic arm and can be used in combination with a laptop, mobile phone or other digital devices. the luminar’s design can be projected on a blank surface or overlaid onto objects, augmenting them with new information.”

    conceptblog:

    luminar

    “If MIT student natan linder has his way, next to every desk lamp will be his unique luminar project. the luminar combines robotics with a small scale digital projector to create a unique table top interactive system. the system projects images onto a flat surface like a desk and enables them to interact with  gestures. the design is mounted on an articulated robotic arm and can be used in combination with a laptop, mobile phone or other digital devices. the luminar’s design can be projected on a blank surface or overlaid onto objects, augmenting them with new information.”

  3. landscapearchitecture: Global innovation firm Frog Design recently brought designers, futurists and journalists together to envision the future of computing in 2020.

    landscapearchitecture:

    Global innovation firm Frog Design recently brought designers, futurists and journalists together to envision the future of computing in 2020.

  4. annaovchinnikova: pratt: Your Life in 2020 Whuffie Meter: Curious about the future of social networking? Whuffie is a conceptual social Metric based on what others think of you. In the future this Metric might actually be usable as real money. Why not? Celebrities are used to getting things for free based on their popularity. This is the same idea taken to its democratic extreme. Socializing will take on completely new dimensions when we can see everything public about a person right as we are talking with them. Think dating is difficult today? Imagine the hoops we’ll have to jump through when everyone in the bar can see your complete dating history the minute you walk into the room. The term “whuffie,” by the way, is a word coined by author Cory Doctorow in his book Down And Out In the Magic Kingdom. It refers to the measurement of respect or karma a person gains or looses in their lives. In Doctorow’s future, humans have implants in their brains that visually project their whuffie, which has replaced money as currency.

    annaovchinnikova:

    pratt:

    Your Life in 2020

    Whuffie Meter: Curious about the future of social networking? Whuffie is a conceptual social Metric based on what others think of you. In the future this Metric might actually be usable as real money. Why not? Celebrities are used to getting things for free based on their popularity. This is the same idea taken to its democratic extreme. Socializing will take on completely new dimensions when we can see everything public about a person right as we are talking with them. Think dating is difficult today? Imagine the hoops we’ll have to jump through when everyone in the bar can see your complete dating history the minute you walk into the room. The term “whuffie,” by the way, is a word coined by author Cory Doctorow in his book Down And Out In the Magic Kingdom. It refers to the measurement of respect or karma a person gains or looses in their lives. In Doctorow’s future, humans have implants in their brains that visually project their whuffie, which has replaced money as currency.

  5. davidgalestudios: spime: Envisioning Interactions in the Home of the Future The resulting five projects envision the embedding of community networks into the home, a search, interaction across walls, lifestyle coaching, and interactive cooking.

    davidgalestudios:

    spime:

    Envisioning Interactions in the Home of the Future

    The resulting five projects envision the embedding of community networks into the home, a search, interaction across walls, lifestyle coaching, and interactive cooking.

  6. My dad likes to send me TED talks.

    read about Mistry, never listened to him speak…until now.

    SHEER GENIUS WORK