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Microsoft multitouch display demo

After showing the revolutionary surface computer last year, Microsoft demonstrated today another brand new concept: their new software transforms any surface into a multitouch display as seen in Minority Report. Really impressive. More on CrunchGear.

Map of Global Trends 2008+

  (via Issu) This map on global trends 2008+ is a must see. Looks like you have all the meta trends here what politics, society, technology and economics are concerned. It reminds me of the web 2.0 map which was published last year.

Pour les francophones, voir également la présentation Powerpoint sur Entretiens du Futur réalisée par René Duringer, fondateur de Smart Futur et animateur du groupe Yahoo Futur prospective.

Working and Managing in 2018. Get ready.

What will the world of work and management look like in 2018? What do we need to start doing to deal with tomorrow? A 15-page new study carried by the UK Chartered Management Institute is trying to answer those two questions. The analysis is based on the perspectives of a broad range of business leaders, futurologists and academics. The report can be downloaded in PDF format here and here (executive summary).

   

Future Mobile Phone powered by Nanotechnologies

  Imagine a mobile phone that you can fold around your arm. Imagine a phone that cleans itself. Imagine a phone whose shape is changing to adapt to your style. Welcome to the world of nanotechnologies. Nokia - in association with Cambridge University - is working on a prototype called Morph to demonstrate possibilities offered by nanotechnologies in the future. According to the manufacturer such concepts could reach the consumer market in the next ten to fifteen years.

BMW augmented reality: repairing your car becomes so easy

have some troubles with car mechanics and repair invoices ? At BMW they have some solution for you in the future: with augmented reality everything becomes easy, even repairing a car by yourself. Another interesting example of all you can do in the future with augmented reality. Check my previous posts on the subject here and here.

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Want to boost your brains like this? Welcome to your new life.

 

Imagine wearing some special glasses or having  a chip implemented directly in your brains. This would enhance your perception by adding a virtual layer to your natural vision and would provide you with some additional functions. Welcome to the world of augmented reality. I would guess not later than in the next decade. This clip illustrates the concept. Not sure you like this new life but interesting  ideas anyhow and the clip is good.

 

Christmas shopping stress? Send your avatar shop for you!

 
Christmas shopping stress is around the corner. Always more people avoid the crowd by shopping online. The next step is probably that you give a rough list of ideas to Christmas Father your avatar. Send him to the online virtual worlds, he might talk to the avatar of a nice book shop in London or to the avatar of a wine shop in Bordeaux ... or whatever. With semantic web, he might even anticipate your wishes and come with a list of proposals before you ask him. In ten years?  Doesn´t look like, probably just a couple of years. By the way, Kinset is a nice 3D online shopping platform of a new kind ... already far ahead.

Hyperlinks in the real world

  Nokia has revealed a new technology called Point & Find which will revolutionize the way we interact in the real world. Point your mobile - any set equipped with a camera and an internet connection - at say  a cinema in front of you. The device recognizes the object and then displays related information, in that case it might be the programme of movies currently running. In a later future, you can imagine pointing at any person in the street to get the webpage of that person displayed on your phone as long as the person allows to share such information. Let´s see if governments would allow this. Via Gizmodo.

Can robots play the violin?

At the international robot exhibition in Tokyo, Toyoto is showing a revolutionary robot who (almost) perfectly plays Elgar´s Pumps and Circumstances on the violin, even with tremolo effect! Discover this extraordinary robot and other amazing friends in that video.

Tim O'Reilly Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin

 The Web 2.0 revolution has a new gravity center: in Berlin. Tim O'Reilly guru moved from the US to Europe and opened yesterday the Web 2.0 expo. Probably the acknowledgement that things are moving up rapidly also here in Europe. For those who cannot attend, there is of course tracking of the conference: a group of attendees are blogging the event. Also available on Twitter here. Enjoy the revolution.