Category Technology

Samsung Smart Window

Just when you thought TV technology had plateaued with LED, 3-D and super slim cases. Samsung goes and throws everyone for a loop and takes things to a whole new level. This technology looks just like regular clear glass, but can become opaque and be used to display anything from video to artificial shades. Check out the video for a look into the future.

Productivity Future Vision

Check out Microsoft’s vision of how computing will evolve to. It’s rather utopian in look and feel.

Here’s To The Crazy One

Here’s to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world – are the ones who do.

The Internet of Things

As the world becomes more and more connected, the number of ways we connect increases. Not only will computers talk to other computers, we now have phones, tablets and other devices that will be all connected. But we’re just getting started. Imagine everything from alarm clocks to cars to kitchens knowing how to respond based on what’s going on in your life, real time. This is just the beginning of the semantic web.

Visualizing Social

It’s early days for social analytics, but ever since the term “viral” was coined, there have been many attempts to determine how and why content gets rapidly disseminated across the social sphere. While there probably isn’t a single formula that works for all, understanding social amplification is a bit of art and science. The NY Times’ R&D group has taken an analytical approach through Project Cascade, a beautiful visualization of how some of their content spreads over time, seeking patterns and trends.