It’s no surprise that this preview for the book Present Shock, called “Why Futurists Suck,” would catch my eye when someone passed along the link: It’s hard not to take it personally when someone goes so far out of their way to denigrate futurists! But a quick read through the article on Good.is suggests the … Continue reading
Welcome to Future Bites, the quick-updates department of Cosmic Revolutions. This week, we have biometric ID systems being deployed – futuristic hand-scanners, to be precise. Regular readers will remember I wrote (here) about the promise of biometric scanners. They can reduce friction in our everyday lives, making basic transactions as effortless and secure as possible. … Continue reading
As the future unfolds, more and more experiences are moving from the real world to the virtual. There may one day be an equilibrium between the two worlds, but for now, the virtual side is so unexplored that the flow is almost exclusively in that direction, like a modern-day gold rush. Recently, two more everyday, … Continue reading
Google Wallet May Be Lame… Many of Google’s projects have earth-shaking potential (see here and here), but at first glance, Google Wallet doesn’t seem to fit the bill. Here’s a news article if you need to catch up. The short version is, it replaces all your credit cards with a smartphone. You load your bank … Continue reading
Every new year, IBM puts forth their “5-in-5”: a set of predictions about the state of technology half a decade into the future. This year, the prediction that’s attracting the most controversy is that by 2017, you can ditch those 50+ passwords and PINs you need to remember, and biometric identification will step up to … Continue reading
We’ve come a long way since the turn of the millennium, no doubt about it, and our technology is the niftiest it’s ever been. But there are some stubborn vestiges of the previous century that have overstayed their welcome. They stick around like your in-laws after Christmas, using up money, resources or time, and just … Continue reading
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