Michell Zappa
May 06, 2015
Michell Zappa
Solving problemsthat don’t (yet) exist.
GPS
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3 days of content uploaded every minute.
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InevitabilityEfficiency ComplexityInherence
TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
INHERENCETechnology wants to be part of us.
“ Anything useful thatwe make is technology.
— Kevin Kelly Founding executive editor, WIRED Magazine
EFFICIENCYTechnology wants to be faster.
SPEEDCOST
RAM SSD MbpsCPU × FSB
2008
2012
COMPLEXITYTechnology creates itself out of itself.
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-Fi
Internet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUIGlonass
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPA
MMS IPS SIM NFC GesturesLED
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTE
USB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMALightning
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE Triangulation
NiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyroscope802.11
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-FiInternet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUIGlonass
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPAMMS IPS SIM NFC GesturesLED
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTEUSB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMALightning
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE TriangulationNiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyroscope802.11
INEVITABILITYIf it is possible, it is necessary.
“SCI-FI SCAFFOLDING”
Faces & smiles
Ubiquity
Facial recognition
Object recognition
Computation
“UBICAM”
Knows where you areKnows who you are withKnows what to focus onKnows what matters to you
Records & publishes automatically.
“UBICAM”
“UBICAM”
“UBICAM”
#1: “BUILT IN TIME”
CONTOUR CRAFTING
REPRAP
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
Built rapidlyAdapted to the terrainAutonomouslyDistributed
#2: “EXTENDED SENSES”
Mind-reading neuroprostheticsMicroscopic flying robotsArtificial retinas
XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-FiInternet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUIGlonass
SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPAMMS IPS SIM NFC GesturesLED
Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTEUSB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMALightning
Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE TriangulationNiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyroscope802.11
Thank you.envisioningtech.com
@envisioningtech
OWNERSHIP ACCESS
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U.S. car sharing: Members & Vehicles
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
CAR TRAINS
Ride sharingContextual computingMulti-modal routingSelf-driving cars
“DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO”
“DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO”