We have seen video phones hundreds of times in movies. However, why can’t we act naturally in front of videophone cameras? Conventional visual communications at a distance have been limited due to the display devices and terminals. This terminal enables showing of the surrounding atmosphere and group-to-group communication with a round display and a central [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Pen of the Future
It seems that information terminals are infinitely getting smaller. However, we will continue to manipulate them with our hands for now. We have visualized the connection between the latest technology and the human, in a form of a pen. P-ISM is a gadget package including five functions: a pen-style cellular phone with a handwriting data [...]
Mobile Phone in the Future
Mobile phones will evolve from communication tools to integrated communication devices, media terminals, credit cards, and remote controls, according to a report from telecom research firm Berg Insight. The report examines the world’s most advanced mobile market, Japan, for clues about where the industry might be headed. Over the years we’ve seen mobile phones morph [...]
Car of the Future
YOUR CAR MAY BE SMARTER THAN YOU Safer, cheaper to run, cleaner for the environment, packed with chips and ultimately able to drive itself.
Video Games – Just Fun?
Researchers say they’ve found another reason why video games are so hard to give up: They may help fulfill basic psychological needs. In a study published in the January issue of Motivation and Emotion, investigators from the University of Rochester and Immersyve Inc. looked at what motivated 1,000 gamers to keep playing video games. “We [...]
Wisdom is of the future.
Somebody said, that those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. I agree with that person very much, but not entirely. Our future is made up from our past and present like an ocean is made up from all streams, rivers and seas flowing into it. It’s absolutely [...]