09 2024 January
The World’s Biggest Tech Trade Show: CES 2024
Coming back to work last week, my inbox was filled with pitches about products, technologies, and innovations that are launching at CES this week. I...
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18 2023 November
Waze Launches New Danger Zone Alert to Tell You If You’re Entering an Accident-Prone Area
I admit I’m not generally a fan of Waze for driving directions. I find the constant alerts and questions asking if an area is still...
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16 2023 November
The Next Magical Space Material Might Be … Wood
Back in 2022 three different wood samples were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Japanese Experimental Kibo Module. After ten...
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11 2023 November
Leica Pioneers the Anti-AI Camera That Fights Deepfakes by Certifying Every Picture
This week, German camera maker Leica introduced their new M11-P professional camera, which includes new digital watermarking technology that allows the camera to digitally verify that...
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07 2023 November
Doritos Creates AI That Silences the Sounds of Crunching While Gaming
Listening to someone crunchily eating Doritos is probably high on many lists of annoying behavior but imagine how much worse it must be to listen...
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02 2023 November
Flushless Toilets, Plastic Reuse, and More Ideas From the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Imagine a toilet that never needs to be flushed. Arid desert land converted into abundant living spaces. Plastic yellow gallon oil containers upcycled into chairs and...
Read Now14 2023 October
SXSW Sydney and a Sneak Peek at the Non-Obvious Podcast
Next week I'll be back in Australia speaking at the international edition of SXSW in Sydney. In addition to doing a Featured Session, I'll be recording two episodes LIVE from the stage for my upcoming Non-Obvious Show podcast (launching later this year).
Read Now03 2023 October
The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
Bryan Johnson is technically 46 years old, but his biological age is eighteen. The life he leads to maintain this statistic has all the joy...
Read Now23 2023 September
The Subscription-Fueled Future of Car “Ownership”
Last year, Mercedes launched a feature in their electric cars that would allow drivers to pay $60 per month for an “Acceleration Increase” that would...
Read Now19 2023 September
The Creator of the Greatest Software Ever Invented Just Died
Dennis Austin just died and I feel like he deserves a bit of a tribute. Maybe even a parade. He’s the co-inventor, along with Michael Gaskins,...
Read Now14 2023 September
7-Eleven Japan Tests Palm Scanner to Check If You Are Eating Veggies
Radar speed scanners slow down drivers by showing them how fast they are going. The awareness creates the behavior change. Could the same idea shift how...
Read Now28 2023 August
How Accessibility Is Getting More Tactile, Innovative … and Normal
Technology was supposed to make the entire world more accessible. It still can, but sometimes it seems that progress has stalled. This past month, the MIT...
Read Now21 2023 August
Will Photoshop’s New Expand Feature Lead to False Memories or Realities?
Maybe you’ve already heard of Photoshop’s new “Generative Expand” feature that allows users to “expand images in any direction and generate an additional scene for the space...
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