Meta Products — Book: Introduction Throughout time we've used different ways to deal with change. Someone in the nineteenth century for instance would probably have responded to change very differently from the way you do. Back then, traditions, religion, national identities and simply distance and time were constraints to all that was new; changes took place slowly. Today's world is totally different, the filters used to constrain cultures from being exposed to external influences are more porous, gaining access to knowledge is easier, and the patterns of time demand that we respond almost instantaneously to the ever increasing stimuli we face. In any case, whether centuries ago or today, people's aspirations are the drivers of change. Designers also have an impact on the future as they are constantly looking ahead. Let's use our design lens to look at some of the major changes that have occurred in history and reflect on the many combinations of ingredients that have led to them.
13 Herramientas de Google Desconocidas para la Mayoría de Usuarios Os presentamos algunas de las aplicaciones, servicios y recursos de Google que seguro que no conocías Si estuvieras participando en el programa “Lo sabe no lo sabe”, si te estuvieras jugando 3.000€ en la última pregunta y tuvieras que buscar a alguien que no lo supiera, con la pregunta: ¿Cuál es el Buscador más popular de Internet? Ya podrías ir cogiendo la camiseta porque no te salvaba ni el comodín de la llamada. Y es que Google, con una cuota en el mercado de buscadores aplastante y con sus innumerables herramientas y servicios, se ha metido en nuestras vidas de forma irremediable. Estas son algunas de las más conocidas, pero Google extiende sus tentáculos sobre cualquier actividad que nos podamos imaginar. 1. Nos permite buscar o comparar palabras o grupos de palabras entre los libros publicados desde el año 1500 hasta la actualidad en diferentes idiomas y países. 2. 3. Es una de mis favoritas. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. ¿Cuál es la que más usas?
3 Questions for Tom Coates on his Talking House | Industrial Internet The Industrial Internet has been described as the latest act in the broader Internet’s evolution. But while computing power, analytics, and distributed sensors are just beginning to unlock the power of industrial machine data, the broader consumer-focused Internet has been tapping the power of interconnected machines for some time. To get a perspective on how quickly linked-machines are being adopted and creatively employed at the consumer level, we spoke with Tom Coates, a San Francisco-based product designer who is obsessed with the benefits of interconnected machines. So much so, he’s using sensors and networked services to give his house a voice, at least on Twitter. His House of Coates Twitter account is an amazing and often hilarious window into the future, tweeting things like: “It’s just hit 68 inside – that’s rather lovely. We spoke with Tom about what he’s building with his House of Coates. Give us an overview of the hardware and software you use to make your house talk.
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Home Environmental Sensors: Ninja Sphere We’ve told you before about Ninja Blocks, a home automation system that couples wireless sensors with simple software to create rules for things like motion detection alerts and remotely switching lights on or off. Now the eponymous Australia-based startup behind Ninja Blocks is hard at work on the next evolution of the connected home: the Ninja Sphere. In addition to the environmental sensors of the Ninja Blocks system, the Ninja Sphere will be able to connect to just about any wireless device through WiFi, Bluetooth, or ZigBee (a wireless standard for low-power devices). The heart of the Ninja Sphere is the Spheramid base station. Where the possibilities really open up, though, is in the Ninja Sphere’s location tracking ability. The Kickstarter campaign for Ninja Sphere has already passed its funding goal, and the team plans to ship in June. Related: Home sensor systems - Ted Burnham
Deep Web Intelligence We are finding many different industries are able to capitalize on Data-as-a-Service (DaaS). In this post we’ll uncover how a mining company is using BrightPlanet’s Data-as-a-Service model to monitor the Ebola health outbreak to keep their expatriates informed and out of harm’s way with the use of one dataset. You’ll see what type of data is harvested and how it is enriched to make it usable. Continue reading At BrightPlanet, we receive a number of questions about how BrightPlanet’s technology differs from our biggest competitors. In this post, we hope to give you an understanding of how extraction companies and BrightPlanet’s harvesting technology don’t compete, as one may think, and explore the advantages of each individual technology. Continue reading Earlier this week, Forbes released an article titled “Insider Trading on the Dark Web”. Continue reading Continue reading With more data than ever existing online, that value of accessing data from the World Wide Web has never been greater.
LightBlue Cortado by Punch Through Design Access Any Website Or Forum Without Registering Visit any forum or website to find something useful and they will ask you to register. Every time a forum asks me to register, I simply close the site. You would probably do the same. But this time, lets face it. Before I begin, you should know how things work. First grab the add-on for Firefox called ‘user agent’ here and install it. Select User Agent from the left sidebar and click Add. crawl-66-249-66-1.googlebot.com and in user agent field type: Googlebot/2.1 (+ as shown in the screenshot below. Select Google Bot as your User Script by going to Tools > User Agent Switcher. Now browse any website or forum without registering. Advertisement
Neurio: Home Intelligence by Energy Aware Technology Inc. First off, special thanks to people who are helping us bring Neurio to life: Jordan Husney, Chris Hennig, Mo Afrasiabi, Guo Zhenyu, Robert Virtue, Oren Shklarsky, Amir Valizadeh, and Sam Goldman. We also thank our friends who have helped us put a great campaign together: Adrian Oruclar, Paul Detjen, Meera Dalal, Yaniv Talmor, Dallas Luther, Zach Supalla, Stephanie Rich, James Hallam, Salim Hassan, Sophia Haque, Robin Yaredic, Ava and Aryan Yazdani, Marla Parker, Taran Grey, Ramin Sahebjavaher, Ashish Mohan, Nicholas Himmelman, Andy Nguyen, Sina Sahami, Paul Cubbon. We also wish to thank our moms. Just because. Is shipping included? Shipping is included within the US and Canada. * International Shipping * Add $15 to your pledge, and we will ship internationally. Does Neurio work with 220, 230 or 240v panels? Yes it does. What countries is Neurio certified for? Do you support 3-phase homes? We heard you! What if my home has more than one breaker panel or meter feed? Who made your video?
Top 10 Tech News Websites 01 Nov Top 10 Tech News Websites latest technology, top new gadgets and reviews, a most discussed things between techfreaks. many websites & blogs become popular by giving the latest information about tech news and new gadgets and mobiles. Now a days you have to keep you updated about the latest technologies and gadgets, and if you don’t, you looks like a fool in front of the world. So to help you and keep you updated about gadgets we get the best sites from the world of web that provides latest tech news and new gadgets information. Here is the The top ten list of tech news websites. 1. Techcrunch.com a website that provides information related to new technology and new gadgets. 2. TheNextweb.com a blog that provides technology related content to you. 3. Wired.com it gives a depth coverage of the future trends in technology. 4. Tech2.com a venture of Network18. 5. Gizmodo.com a very useful website for gadget lovers. 6. 7. Theverge.com, a website for tech freaks. 8. 9. 10. Comments
LightBlue Cortado by Punch Through Design When all is said and done, we expect you to have your hands on your Bean by May 2014. This depends heavily on the quantities sold—we'll update this date at the end of our campaign. If you'd like to know more about our manufacturing and fulfillment process, keep reading! We want to be as transparent as possible without giving false expectations. Our current lead times are 12 to 14 weeks on production due to the procurement of parts. We are allotting 4 weeks to testing of the production units, 2 weeks to clearing customs and shipping to USA, and then another week of fulfillment in the US.
29 Incredibly Useful Websites You Wish You Knew Earlier There are so many wonderful websites around, and it is difficult to know each and every one of them. The below list provides some of those websites that I find particularly helpful, even though they are not as famous or as prevalent as some of the big names out there. 1. BugMeNot Are you bugged constantly to sign up for websites, even though you do not wish to share your email? 2. This nifty little website tracks whether the emails sent by you were opened and read by the receiver. If you are on a constant lookout of free full length movies, then Zero Dollar movies provides a collection of over 15,000 movies in multiple languages that are available to watch for free on Youtube. 4. Livestream allows you to watch and broadcast events live to viewers on any platform. scr.im converts your email address into a short custom URLs, that can be shared on public websites. 6. TinEye is a Reverse Image search tool which is as accurate as Google’s Reverse Image search tool. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
Meta Products — Book: 2.1 Reflective Practice 2.1 Reflective Practice You don't need to have any super powers to be able to get a good picture of what the future has in store for us. You simply have to observe that the future is a process of different events occurring in the right place, at the right time. We all have aspirations about the future that are constantly changing as they are fulfilled. And we do all sorts of things to realize our aspirations as we deal with our present. We don't believe it's interesting or useful to tell you about our vision of the future. While it's generally accepted that technology changes our lives, the reality is more complex. We've studied the ideas of some of the well-known futurologists and innovators such as Juan Enriquez, Steward Brand and Katherine Fulton1Juan Enriquez, Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy LLC. 2.2 Information Is the Fuel Data is basically a bunch of symbols that simply are. Cloud computing is transforming our digital reality. Wolfram Alpha takes a slightly different approach.