Brendan Mitchell blog

Category: Future

  • Connection, Communication, Consolidation, Convergence, Context

    Last week I was presenting my thoughts & ideas on future tech & trends with a client, so I thought I’d share them here… but let’s look at where we’ve come from, where we are now & where we appear to be heading. Connection: Advent of the internet; Arpanet (1969), email (1972), internet mainstream (circa…

  • What iWant iWatch To Be, Not a Watch!

    While very beautiful, the image above is not what I want a wearable from Apple (or any other manufacturer) to be, and I very much doubt Apple would produce it, not because they couldn’t, but because it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t serve any additional purpose, users already have an iPhone in their pocket, why…

  • Envisioning the Near Future of Technology Infographic

    This is such a wonderful infographic Michell Zappa you should follow me on twitter here

  • The 50 Best Inventions of 2010

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2029497,00.html

  • NookColor will it become the Netbook of eReaders

    The rumours were correct Barnes and Noble just unveiled the NookColor, a 7′ 1024×600 coloured LCD touchscreen, Wifi (no 3G)… I won’t go into the full specs, there’s plenty of websites that have that covered. So how successful will it be? only time will tell, but with the addition of their Nook Kids platform, which…

  • DVD Zero, Downloads One

    Apple today showed off their latest bit of techno-lust, the MacBook Air and I must say it’s rather gorgeous. It’s lighter, slimmer and more powerful than ever, and it even costs less! Also worth noting is that they no longer give you the option replacing the harddrive with a flash drive, as flash drives now…

  • the future is no paper

    Anyone that’s in magazine or print design and isn’t looking seriously at the iPad and eBooks is on very dangerous ground… it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee Magazines of Tomorrow

  • Augmented Reality Coming To A Bookshelf Near You

    Having already tested the water with an issue using e-Ink technology, it’s interesting to see Esquire extending the user experience of their paper based magazine with online media, I see this as a terrific medium for marketeers & advertisers, but also educational titles or children’s books where the story or information can be brought to…

  • EigenHarp

    is it a stringed instrument?  is it a keyboard? is it wind instrument? the answer is yes! The EigenHarp is weird looking instrument, but very interesting, it’s the sort of instrument that wouldn’t look out of place at the Chalmun’s Catina in Tatooine… expect it to appear at a Peter Gabriel, or Jan Hammer revival…

  • Don’t Click It, Multi-Touch It

    This morning I was sent an interesting video demonstrating a conceptual approach to a Multi-Touch GUI (Graphic User Interface). The concept has been well thought through and the video speaks for itself, so I won’t go into detail here, but they also touch upon (no pun intended), the notion of a 3D OS (Operating System).…