Google Glass
A selection of images from the Google Glass website. The product is being launched in 2014. Google have had 'Glass Explorers' who are members of the general public who test the product and provide feedback. The images and the video that Google provide shows how 'Glass' will effect the everyday lives of individuals.
The portraying of Google Glass is fairly realistic and will function similar to how it is shown. I am interested to see how accurate the voice recognition is.
The design of the actual head ware is pretty tech. Although it is different from conventional glasses I can vision people really running with the idea of wearing the glasses everyday without problems with how they look.
Automated system like Apple's Siri. Hopefully it will function how it is advertised...
POV videos and voice automated activation. If you think about how storage capabilities are improving along with battery technologies, it opens up the 'Black Mirror' idea of constantly filming your whole entire life. Everyone being a director and actor within their life. Scary?
The Google glass explorers page.
Live on screen sat nav technology will change the way we navigate in the car. It will be interesting to see if the system on screen is a distraction to the drivers vision.
This technology opens up the idea of being connected around the world allowing video communication, especially with the internet taking over the TV soon to happen. Will this effect our social patterns, for example will we make the effort to fly home on new years or will we just Skype one another?
Vertical Farming
Vertical farming is a concept and style of design that utilises space. The idea being that as humans we consume using traditional farming methods that are not space efficient. If we farmed vertically we could produce ten times the amount of food using the same surface area.
With food prices rising and the amount of space used in the world to farm ever increasing (currently we farm land the size of Brazil) demand, there will be a need to produce food with the upmost efficiency.
We currently use hydroponics to grow a lot of our food already so the notion of factory food already exists and isn't something to be afraid of. I am extremely interested in this idea of sustainability and self sufficiency.
The idea of vertical farming was the birth child of Dr. Dickso Despommier. There are many examples of vertical farm mock ups whicht people around the world have mocked up. The idea quickly became viral and people began creating there own designs.
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