This blog post is Part-2 of a series that started as the ongoing thinking after our Digital Identity Tour in June 2010. In Part-1, I developed the idea of the Unpolished Diamond. Today, I will entertain you on the concept of a Digital Identity Tuner, which in its own is also a further evolution of [...]
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Digital Identity Tour Part-2: Digital Identity Tuner 7.0
Posted in Books, Cloud, global brain, Identity, Privacy, Semantic Web, Think Tank, User Interface, Virtual world, WebTrends, Worldviews on September 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The DJ with the Brainwave Helmet
Posted in Augmented Reality, Generation-M, global brain, Identity, Mobile, Robots, Singularity, Think Tank, User Interface, Virtual world on July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Found this TED 2010 video via Kurt Vega’s tweets. From the TED site: “Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.” Out-of-the-box support for facial [...]
Milo: gesture based interfaces 2.0
Posted in Desktop, Innotribe, Robots, Singularity, Think Tank, User Interface, Virtual world on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have a look at this stunning gesture based interface with character Milo. First of all, it is more than gesture based. Milo also reacts to voice intonation, movements, etc It is difficult to assess how much of this is a word-by-word script, or how much real interaction is going on here. The most [...]
Digital Identity Weavers
Posted in global brain, Identity, Leading by Being, Mash-ups, Personal Values, Privacy, Semantic Web, Virtual world, WebTrends on February 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have a job where i regularly meet fascinating people. I recently had the opportunity to chat with Gary Thompson from CLOUD, Inc. CLOUD Inc. is the Consortium for Local Ownership and Use of Data, a non-profit organization that has filed for 501(c)(6) status with the IRS and is open to people, companies, and other [...]
Cloud Security and other Cloudy observations
Posted in Cloud, Semantic Web, Think Tank, Virtual world, WebTrends on December 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another great article on Technology Review MIT, this time about cloud computing. Together with the 2 documents i posted earlier today on innotribe.com this should give the average IT literate reader a good overview of where we stand end 2009/begin 2010. The clientele for Amazon’s cloud services now includes the New York Times and Pfizer. [...]
Real-Time Trade
Posted in Banks, global brain, Money, Robots, Think Tank, Virtual world on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fascinating article on how stock market is getting completely automated in a matter of seconds. Who was saying something about real-time. Article found on MIT Technology Review. 5 pager can be found here. Some extracts: The profits go to the company with the fastest hardware and the best algorithms–advantages that enable it to spot and [...]
Stunning Human Face animation
Posted in Augmented Reality, Fun, Holographic, Transhumanism, Virtual world on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.ted.com At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it stands up to multiple takes.
Augmented Reality is Real Now
Posted in Android, Augmented Reality, Mash-ups, Mobile, User Interface, Virtual world on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The big news this week is that Layar’s iPhone App is approved and available. From now on we call it the “Reality Browser” See also sub-line “Available for Android”. I clicked on the Android Marketplace and this is what i got. Also have a look at the 162 Layers that are already available. Yes, you [...]
Retail/Bank of the Future (2019)
Posted in Augmented Reality, Identity, Think Tank, Virtual world on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of those Microsoft Labs videos. Always well done. Most of this and more you can touch and feel in Living Tomorrow, from Belgium and much better (as the chocolates) than the video You can visit the Store of Tomorrow and also the Bank of the Future. Store is sponsored by Delhaize, Bank by ING. [...]
The hype of Augmented Reality
Posted in Augmented Reality, Identity, Mash-ups, Personal Values, User Interface, Virtual world, WebTrends on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good overview of latest Augmented Reality examples on ReadWriteWeb. The example i “like” most is the Augmented Identity one. I am re-iterating the thinking we did before on this blog on how any on-line person is starting to have its own “information shadow” that is unique. No more need for identity “cards” or alike. In [...]
