Future

Apple, smart homes, and the connected future

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 a 1:50 pm

Some of the more interesting things, at least conceptually, I saw at CES 2013 were the smart appliances shown off by the likes of Samsung and LG. They're not anywhere near the sci-fi of Tony Stark's house, never mind Star Trek or the Jetsons, but they're a beginning. As a geek and fan of futurism, that's exciting. And it's an area Apple isn't playing in publicly yet, at least beyond the living room.

Disney Research's Touché shows off the future of iPhone-like multitouch gestures... everywhere

By Georgia, Sunday, May 6, 2012 a 12:28 pm

The iPhone made capacitive multitouch, gesture-based technology mainstream. These days, we never think twice about tapping, swiping, pinching, twisting, or otherwise manipulating the digital content on our devices. But only on our digital devices. Imagine a future where capacitive multitouch wasn't limited to screens but could be implemented on all sorts of everyday objects, from doorknobs to tables to liquids, to the human body itself. Well, Disney Research isn't just imagining it, they're engineering it today with something they call Touché.

Google shows off Project Glass, the HUD-interface in your eyeglasses

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 a 1:34 pm

Google has started showing off Project Glass, a mobile computing interface contained in a pair of eyeglasses. Now I love cool, future-reaching technology. That most of them, even from the huge players, are demoware that never sees the light of day notwithstanding, they inspire and inform where technology is heading -- and that technology is increasingly mobile.

iPad 2 swapped with modelling clay and sold in Vancouver Future Shop store

By chrisoldroyd, Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 a 4:23 pm

Future Shop and Best Buy are investigating a scam where some iPad 2s purchased in its Vancouver stores turned out to be fake. It appears that scammers bought as many as ten iPad 2s and swapped them for modelling clay.