“Ingress, which is invitation-only for now, is complicated but highly addictive—and will give the company even more information about your current location.” Von Rachel Metz > Weiter bei MIT Technology Review
Link: “Flexible Displays Landing in 2012, But Not in Apple Gear”
“Flexible displays have tickled our imaginations for years. And before the end of 2012, we’ll finally see companies employing flexible displays in their products. But while the possibilities are tantalizing, don’t let your imagination run wild. The earliest iterations of flexible displays won’t be very bendy, and they won’t appear in Apple hardware as some news outlets have recently speculated. In early March, Samsung announced it would be mass-producing its flexible OLED displays, like the one seen above, by the end of this year. Now flash-forward to this Monday: According to a report from the Korea Times, Samsung is seeing “huge” orders for this display, and Apple is “likely” to be one of the major players.” Von Christina Bonnington > Weiter bei Wired/Gadget Lab
Link: “Drones Set Sights on U.S. Skies”
“Daniel Gárate’s career came crashing to earth a few weeks ago. That’s when the Los Angeles Police Department warned local real estate agents not to hire photographers like Mr. Gárate, who was helping sell luxury property by using a drone to shoot sumptuous aerial movies. Flying drones for commercial purposes, the police said, violated federal aviation rules.” Von Nick Wingfield, Somini Sengupta > Weiter bei The New York Times
Link: “Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works”
“Even as Google tests its small fleet of self-driving vehicles on California highways, legal scholars and government officials are warning that society has only begun wrestling with the changes that would be required in a system created a century ago to meet the challenge of horseless carriages.” By John Markoff. > Weiter bei NYTimes.com
Link: ‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo”
“Someday soon, hospital patients won’t be hooked up to wires and monitors — instead, electronic patches will be temporarily tattooed onto their bodies. Doctors will be able to monitor their vital signs without poking and prodding, and patients wearing neck patches will even be able to communicate with robots, who will translate throat muscle movements into simple speech.” > Weiter bei PopSci
Linktipp: vorher-nachher.at
Christian Thomas kommentiert die großen und kleine Veränderungen des Designs auf unnachahmliche Art. Er ist Geschäftsführer von Quarante Brand Design in Wien.
Artikel von Christian Thomas in Neue Gegenwart:
Lesetipp: “Leitwolf im Schafspelz – Über das Spektakuläre an ‘Spiegel online’”
Stefan Gärtners grandiose (und ganz ernste) Analyse des (ehemaligen) Nachrichtenportals ‘Spiegel Online’ > Weiter bei Titanic
Link: The Paperless Cockpit
“What is in those bulky, black flight bags that pilots carry into the cockpit? It is not a change of clothes but reams of reference material needed for the flight — about 40 pounds of it. [...] But instead of carrying all that paperwork, a growing number of pilots are carrying a 1.5 pound iPad.” Von Kate Murphy. > Weiter bei The New York Times