Apple’s Augmented Reality OS gets unveiled as a concept
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF It’s time to break free of computer screens, viva la revolution, viva AR! Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. For almost 50 years the concept of computers has largely remained the same....
Worlds first plug and play brain prosthesis tested successfully in the US
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Brain implants and prosthetics play an important role in helping people with neurological conditions getting their lives back together, and now they don’t need to be trained. Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from our XPotential Academy, connect, watch a keynote,...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink outfit say they’ll stream music directly to your brain
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cortical implants and Brain Machine Interfaces have come along way in just a few years, now Elon Musk says soon you won’t need your ears to hear the music … Interested in the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Elon Musk announced...
Researchers’ brainwave reading temporary tattoo reads your mind and your moods
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Controlling technology with our minds will bring about a revolution in computing and computer interfaces, and this new BMI Smart Tattoo brings it into everyone’s reach. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. One of the facts about exponential...
Meet Lia, Soul Machine’s scarily lifelike digital human that reacts to your emotions
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As AI and avatars improve in time they’ll be better at understanding your emotions than your partner. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Have you ever dreamt of gazing into the eyes of a chatbot or avatar while...
KIT’s haptic tech brings a sense of touch to industrial control systems
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have five senses, but we only use two of them, hearing and sight, when interacting with technology, haptics introduces the sense of touch to interfaces. Interested in the future and want to experience even more?! eXplore More. To perceive our surroundings humans can draw...
Hypersurfaces uses AI to turn everything into a computer interface
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today’s computer interfaces are still limiting, even with the advent of voice and touch, so Hypersurfaces is setting them free. In the future one thing is certain, as technology proliferates around us the keyboard and mouse will slowly die out and we will all...
MIT’s “mind reading” wearable let’s you silently interact with all your devices
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As computing becomes ubiquitous, and embedded in the devices around us, we won’t always want to talk out loud to use them, that’s one of the many use cases for this technology. MIT researchers have developed a new form of computer interface called AlterEgo...
Virtual reality lets cyber security experts patrol their networks Matrix style
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Virtual reality will give cybersecurity analysts the ability to patrol their networks like cops On the beat in the real world, and it could lead to significant gains in productivity and protection. The future of the workplace is, understandably, a hot topic for many...
Brain controlled Virtual Reality comes to the HTC Vive
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF It’s almost fated that one day we’ll be able to interface and engage with new virtual reality worlds without the need for cumbersome tech but until that time arrives we’ve got the next best thing – Brain controlled VR. It was inevitable that one...
SkinTrack lets you control your smart watch with your skin
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One day computers will be in us, not on us, but until that day comes most of us find ourselves stuck with fat fingers and tiny screens, but a new future interface might solve your “Fingers and Thumbs” dilema. As a Futurist I scoff...
