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Interface Design Doesn’t Need a Metaphor

August 4, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

For those who finally got their parents comfortable with computers by heavy reliance on the familiar metaphors of our Skeuomorphic* interfaces, brace yourselves.  John Biggs at TechCrunch points out that we’ve started to leave all that behind.  What replaces them is hard to describe, since it’s dependent on the specific information...

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Tiles Will Soon Be All Over Everything

August 1, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Wired’s article about the new Tile key tags raises some interesting possibilities for the technology – and leaves others to the imagination.  The primary use case is simply to find lost keys. The user attaches a Tile chip to her key chain and then...

One Ring to Rule Them All, from Smartphone to Door Lock

July 25, 2013 • Innovation, News, Uncategorized • • Comments (0)

Thanks to TechCrunch for alerting us to what the best-dressed office geeks will be wearing next season.  Yes indeed, everyone will soon be opening doors with this fashion accessory.  Literally.  This near field communications ring can be linked to the...

Soon: Superman Memory Crystals

July 23, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

The technical details in this article about  five-dimensional data storage in a quartz crystal are fascinating.  What it means in practice is probably the most reliable means of storage conceivable.  I expect it will always be a little pricier than other...

Web Notary

June 23, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Here’s a useful new idea for small businesses and startup software companies among others: a free online notary.  It appears technically sound, so much so that I’m surprised no one has ever thought of it before.  And the service is free (free is...

Fastest Computer: A Horse Race Without a Post

June 20, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

Title of world’s fastest supercomputer now resides in China.  Their new Tianhe-2 claims nearly 34 petaflops. These laurels get passed around the world regularly: only last year IBM in the US  declared it had the world’s fastest supercomputer,...

End of the Telegraph Era

June 17, 2013 • Innovation, News • • Comments (0)

The world’s final telegram is to be sent in India next month. This is the flip side of innovation. We spend so much time peering at the other end of the technology lifecycle, maybe we should take a second to reflect on how quickly our smartphones will...

Innovation Matters

March 22, 2013 • Innovation • • Comments (0)

The January 12th issue of The Economist presented a case for the death of innovation, writing that despite all of the new gadgets that appear every day, truly ground-breaking new inventions don’t seem to be showing up like they used to.  To The Economist...

Talking About New Privacy Perils

March 15, 2013 • Innovation • • Comments (0)

We need systems that watch us.  Maybe “need” is a very strong word, but the leap in what applications could do within a device that is capable of monitoring and anticipating the user’s instructions, and even reacting to the user’s emotions, is...

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