Guest valueInv Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 People like to throw around the word "innovation" like its candy. So I decided to start a thread to track some of the "innovations" companies are releasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 A remote for your phone: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/25/3915700/htc-mini-tiny-phone-companion-for-your-oversized-smartphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 http://mashable.com/2013/01/25/google-glass-nda/ "Google warns participants not to use Glass while driving, biking, using sharp objects, or playing sports, and to use caution while walking and crossing streets. If they have any concern about the safety of using Glass, Google asks participants to stop using them and return them immediately." Please use only when you're sitting in front of a computer screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/samsungs-t9000-smart-refrigerator-runs-on-android-includes-apps-like-evernote-and-epicurious-320610 For $4000 buckaroos, you can let your roommates know how much you hate them while grabbing eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Just saw this on Facebook: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323539804578261780648285770.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaceliacapital Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 A remote for your phone: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/25/3915700/htc-mini-tiny-phone-companion-for-your-oversized-smartphone You have got to be kidding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 There's already a term for it - "glass hole": http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/28/glassholes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 A subtle one: http://venturebeat.com/2013/01/29/the-64gb-surface-pro-is-a-bad-bad-deal-for-consumers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I've got a feeling about this Glass thing: http://www.wired.com/design/2013/02/google-glass-fashion-class/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/13/01/what-happens-when-you-walk-into-a-bar-wearing-google-glasses/272745 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 pretty neat: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/a-3-d-pen-that-lets-you-draw-objects-in-the-air/?hpt=hp_t3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 pretty neat: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/a-3-d-pen-that-lets-you-draw-objects-in-the-air/?hpt=hp_t3 Love the idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 You'd think they would learn from the Nexus Q debacle: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9887827/Chromebook-Pixel-review.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 pretty neat: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/a-3-d-pen-that-lets-you-draw-objects-in-the-air/?hpt=hp_t3 Love the idea! Here it is in action: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/3-d-printing-revolution-gets-first-pen-173841593.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 pretty neat: http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2013/02/21/a-3-d-pen-that-lets-you-draw-objects-in-the-air/?hpt=hp_t3 Love the idea! Here it is in action: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/3-d-printing-revolution-gets-first-pen-173841593.html It has an element that I usually find in great product - a simplicity and obviousness. I can see it being combined with a mechanical arm to create some amazing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I think medical diagnostics is one of the most needed but ignored areas: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-19/blackberry-inventor-starts-fund-to-make-star-trek-device-reality.html Great space to attack if he can get it to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 More "innovation" from Samsung: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/9932372/Seen-it-before-Samsungs-game-controller-looks-familiar.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'm not sure where to put this, but it's interesting so I'll put it here. These glasses "cure" red/green color blindness. They were invented to help doctors, surgeons, and phlebotomists, see blood vessels, it was only later that it was discovered that color blind people could distinguish between red and green while wearing them. There is all kinds of other uses for the technology that is under development. Such as light bulbs (for dressing rooms in clothing stores for instance) that make you look younger. As well as light bulbs with the equivalent effect as the glasses I mentioned above without the glasses. How Mark Changizi Conquered Colorblindness With Glasses The web site for the glasses: o2amp.com The research company that created them: http://2ai.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 More "innovation" from Samsung: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/9932372/Seen-it-before-Samsungs-game-controller-looks-familiar.html And: http://macdailynews.com/2013/03/19/now-samsung-copies-apple-product-rumors-said-to-be-working-on-wristwatch-device/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wordpress%2FxhfA+(MacDailyNews) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Google Glasses seems to be innovative indeed: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/yes-mr-schmidt-talking-to-google-glass-is-actually-the-weirdest-thing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardGibbons Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Google Glasses seems to be innovative indeed: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/yes-mr-schmidt-talking-to-google-glass-is-actually-the-weirdest-thing/ The thing that annoys me about this is that Google has created a 3rd party API, but for now is only allowing 3rd party developers to create free apps without advertisements. That seems very short-sighted to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest valueInv Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Google Glasses seems to be innovative indeed: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/26/yes-mr-schmidt-talking-to-google-glass-is-actually-the-weirdest-thing/ The thing that annoys me about this is that Google has created a 3rd party API, but for now is only allowing 3rd party developers to create free apps without advertisements. That seems very short-sighted to me. They've got much bigger problems than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 This is crazy. Yes, it was published on April 1st, but I haven't seen a correction as to it being an April Fool's joke. A NASA scientist claims to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel: is he for real? http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/warp-factor?single-page-view=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkbabang Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 No joke, he is serious. He isn't the only one who now thinks warp drives are possible. Even Elon Musk mentioned warp drives as something in his sights for SpaceX long term. Checkout the chapter starting on page 90 of this paper. The thing about technology is that while most people will overestimate the short term progress they vastly underestimate the medium-long term progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elltel Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Robotics... http://www.rethinkrobotics.com/index.php/products/baxter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twacowfca Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 This is crazy. Yes, it was published on April 1st, but I haven't seen a correction as to it being an April Fool's joke. A NASA scientist claims to be on the verge of faster-than-light travel: is he for real? http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-03/warp-factor?single-page-view=true Without reading the article, there is the phenomena called spooky action at a distance. Linked particles appear to "communicate" at faster than the speed of light in a mirror image fashion at the time the "spin" of one of the particles is measured. However, information outside of that closed system can't be communicated faster than the limit of light speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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