Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves

This is the NEXT GENERATION of computing!!!

The first few minutes might be boring for some of you, its about brain structure, but the demo at the end is just STUNNING!



I'm speechless watching this.

Can't imagine whats coming in the coming few years, and what will the whole era of computing looks like.

Looking forward to the FUTURE!

Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360

Kinect for Xbox 360, or previously called Porject Natal, is the new "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience" by Microsoft.

Scheduled to release end of this year. Cool eh? ;)

I think computing experience already shifted towards controller-free devices. SixthSense (2009) for example:

and Future of UI by John Underkoffler


I think the only limitation is the lack of holographic projection technology. As a result we still need a screen for the purpose of display. This will ultimately limits the capability and the functionality of controller-free devices.

Just imagine what will the world be if we can physically interact with digital data? It would be exactly like the environment in Iron Man 2! There will be no limit to how we can pull and manipulate data!

3D Holographic display from "Iron Man 2"

But still these are the first step - gesture and voice recognition for digital data manipulation,  that will lead us to the next generation of computing world. :)

New ways for CHI

Computer-human iteraction

TED: Bill Gates on Energy: Innovating to Zero

Factors that contribute to CO₂ emission.

Theres little we can do about
1. Population - increases with time.
2. Services Per Person - increases with time.

But, we can make a difference in
3. Service Per Energy - by better energy saving inventions.
4. CO₂ Per Unit Energy - reduce carbon emission, with renewable energies, Nuclear energies.

Finally, not just Bill Gates's wish. I'm sure is everyone else's wish.

TED: Kelvin Kelly tells technology's Epic Story

A very good talk on what technology is about.

Some of the phrases that caught my attentions:

1. The confusion about new technology: Now the new default position about a new technology that come about is the "precaution principal"... when you meet a new technology, you stop, until it can be proven that it brings no harm.

2. The better way is the "proactionary principal": You engage with technology, you try out -
try to anticipate it,
constantly assess it,
evaluate the risks,
fix it, and
relocate it.

3. The response to a "bad idea" is a "better idea".

4. Technology brings us:

Thats why people leaves villages to the cities, because people always gravitating towards increasing choices of possibilities.

5.

if we allow it to :)

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Great talk!

What you can do with $40 Wii Remote

This is super cool lar. A simple Wii Remote transformed into a digital whiteboard, touchscreen, or even a 3D-viewer.