Over the last months, Google has been doing a full house clean. That’s meant leave behind a bunch of products like Aardvark, Notebook, Wave and more. On the other hand, it that’s also meant
Google’s Interface Redesign Keeps Going
Robot Guards in South Korea Prison
According to the South Korean news agency Yonhap, starting from March there will be robotic guards in a South Korea jail. We already spoke about progress of the use of robots in Chinese manufacturing environments. These new prototypes
4 Visions of Everyday Technology in the Near Future
Following the post about future productivity visions of Microsoft, here there are 4 other concepts of technology that we could possibly see in our everyday activities in the near future. Like in the Microsoft
2011 Future Productivity Vision
Microsoft has just released a new envisioning about the future productivity and connectivity capabilities. According to Microsoft official page we expect to see these technologies in about 5 to 10 years and this will let
3 New Interfaces from Microsoft Research
In the last days Microsoft Research presented 3 new interesting technologies for human interaction: OmniTouch, PocketTouch and Holodesk. Microsoft has been really fervent in these years researching about new forms of human computer interaction. If Kinect
The Replacement from Men to Robots Began
Isaac Asimov outlined nearly 50 years ago the increasing use of robots in industrial chains and the birth of humanoid robots like Aibo , Parrot orAsimo. What we had not seen yet is a real attempt of replacement of
Window to the World
Who among us, as a child, has never drawn on a fogged window? Those who did not play with the shapes in the passing scenery outside the car? What if the window could be interactive
68 Inspiring Quotations
Often you need an inspiration in the initial stage of a project. I would like to share some quotations that have been sources of inspiration to me. I hope they will be inspiration for
Half empty or half full?
Everyone know the question: “the glass is half empty or half full?” I once heard a student of the university’s IT department say that the glass is twice as big as it needs to be! But speaking about
Gmail Motion becomes reality
Google joked about it on April 1st, presenting a funny Motion Gmail. In his video Google showed how this hypothetical instrument could let you send email, attach files, read e-mail, and so on just moving