Category Archives: The Future

Posts about the Future

Rescued from the Archives: My Wonderwall

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Thanos

Here’s a post I wrote a few years back, but it’s more relevant now that people can see the prices of large flat screen displays dropping. We really aren’t that far from a day when they are inexpensive enough to … Continue reading →

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When your machines talk together, What will they say about you?

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Thanos

As the rest of the century unfolds you will see machines and artificial Artificial Intelligence units talking among themselves more and more until that chatter becomes a persistent tapestry in the background of our lives that we only rarely hear … Continue reading →

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A Letter from Christopher Hitchens to American Atheists

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Thanos

Christopher Hitchens is ill, and cannot make an address he was scheduled for instead he sent this letter. Dear fellow-unbelievers, Nothing would have kept me from joining you except the loss of my voice (at least my speaking voice) which … Continue reading →

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Dawn of the Omnisensor

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Thanos

I’ve been talking about cheap sensors and how all things electric are getting smaller and wireless, so let’s get a little crazy and look down the road at things that will probably come. At some point lens, camera logic and … Continue reading →

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The Age of the Cheap Sensor and Machine to Machine Chatter

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Thanos

Last post we talked about home medical sensors, and how they could easily become available for use with apps tied to a PC, IPOD, or other computing device in your home. I mentioned disposable pulse oximetry leads, thermometers, and BP … Continue reading →

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Primal Nerd Rage: Why I’m an Optimist

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Thanos

Predicting a technology’s future is problematic due to competing technologies, converging technologies, trailing standards bodies, and occasionally poor legislation — and those are just the minor factors. The major factors are the multitude of gaps between new technologies, some unseen … Continue reading →

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Invitation to Google Voice

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Thanos

Woohoo! I’ve gotten my invite to Google voice, which means I can try out / beta their new voice service and let you know how it goes. I will apply by asking for a new phone number that will ring … Continue reading →

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Why I’m an Optimist: Large Scale Macro Trends

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Thanos

So it is that I am a confident optimist based on the past example of our long history. Whatever pratfalls, missteps, and tumbles that humanity has taken we have always managed to dust off and carry on with the journey after. As we witness one of those pratfalls that will become the biggest environmental disaster since we started recording them in the Gulf of Mexico I am also confident that over time the problem can be overcome Continue reading →

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The Rise of Skynet Might be Closer than you Think

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Thanos

This is a great technical achievement using off the shelf consumer parts. If “The Graduate” were remade today the one word would be “Robotics” not “Plastics”…

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Higher Dimensions- Speculation and Ideas from Brian Greene

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Thanos

This will make you think; and we all certainly need to do more of that. More : To learn more about String Theory, watch Brian Greene’s “The Elegant Universe” on NOVA: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/ Also see Brian Greene’s book on String Theory … Continue reading →

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