future
Computers
Ericsson’s Spider PC Concept Projects The Keyboard And Screen
1:30AM Danny Allen | Over at the Taiwan Broadband show, Ericsson’s vision for the portable computer of 2020 uses a pico-projected screen and laser-projected keyboard. And though they’ve got a rough prototype (pictured), they imagine it ultimately squeezing into this bizarre spider-leg tripod design… More »
Robots
10:40AM Sean Fallon | Welcome to Computopia — a 40-year old Japanese vision of how robots might become a part our everyday lives. Compiled by Shōnen Sunday magazine, these illustrations depict robots performing surgeries, teaching in a classroom and beating kids for their insolence. More »
Computopia: A Future Where Robots Teach, Beat And Heal
10:40AM Sean Fallon | Welcome to Computopia — a 40-year old Japanese vision of how robots might become a part our everyday lives. Compiled by Shōnen Sunday magazine, these illustrations depict robots performing surgeries, teaching in a classroom and beating kids for their insolence. More »
Robots
12:14PM Nick Broughall | In quite possibly the funniest story I’ve heard all year, 19 year old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting a police officer after he entered a casino buck naked claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. More »
Terminators Are Real, Weak Against Tasers
12:14PM Nick Broughall | In quite possibly the funniest story I’ve heard all year, 19 year old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting a police officer after he entered a casino buck naked claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future. More »
Entertainment
Microsoft’s REAL Vision of the Future
6:20AM Jason Chen | We were extremely impressed with Microsoft’s Vision of the future, but we’re even more impressed with it after it’s been through Sarcastic Gamer’s lens. More »
Design
An Inside Peek at Microsoft’s Future Smart Home
7:00AM Andi Wang | BBC has a video tour of Microsoft’s new smart house—a future home that runs on technology to help with daily tasks, including an interactive mirror that gives laundry directions for specific clothing. More »
Design
Living in a Sci-Fi World with Futuristic Megastructures
11:40AM Andi Wang | Here’s a look at what our worlds might look like if we lived amongst futuristic megastructures, including modernised Arcosanti ruins, Blade Runner’s Off-world, or even EPA/Simpsons-esque domes in the middle of Manhattan. More »
Software
Wolfram Alpha Search Engine On Video
9:00AM Jesus Diaz | Wolfram—the magical search engine that will channel all kinds of data to give you coherent answers—is almost here. You can’t access it yet, but you can see it working in this video. [NYT and Lifehacker] More »
Entertainment
3:00PM Nick Broughall | Last week we took a look at what’s happened for Blu-ray since it cast its nemesis, HD DVD, to the fiery gates of obsolescence. But what’s next? BD-Live isn’t the killer app we hoped it might be, so what can blu-ray offer us to fight off the threat of IP entertainment? More »
Entertainment Geekly: What’s Next For Blu-ray
3:00PM Nick Broughall | Last week we took a look at what’s happened for Blu-ray since it cast its nemesis, HD DVD, to the fiery gates of obsolescence. But what’s next? BD-Live isn’t the killer app we hoped it might be, so what can blu-ray offer us to fight off the threat of IP entertainment? More »
Gadgets
The Future Is Not Coming Soon Enough
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | JJ Abrams may want mystery, but reading the last issue of Wired made me realise that I don’t want mysteries. I want to know. Which is why I used to love their future Found gadgets. More »
Robots
