Posted on 2009-04-22 by Eric Jacksch
As I watched the launch of VMware vSphere 4 on Tuesday I was torn. Part of the event was more corporate group hug than product launch, and in many ways vSphere is a logical extension of the company’s existing products. But a little voice in my head told me, “This is something big.” Some technological leaps [...] [...more]
Posted on 2009-04-08 by Eric Jacksch
[Zoe Brain is on assignment this week, but don't worry, she'll be back!] As a child, I remember watching Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura with her wireless earpiece. Today I use a similar peice of “science fiction” in my car so that I can keep both hands on the wheel. In a generation we’ve gone from rotary [...] [...more]
Posted on 2009-03-18 by Zoe Brain
Peering into the tea leaves today, I reflect on how it’s often the littlest things that change our lives, gradually, imperceptibly, yet with consequences that accumulate, so we’re unaware of how our lives have been revolutionised. Many things we’re aware of. But just look at TV shows from the 80’s, not so very long ago. Then, [...] [...more]
Posted on 2009-03-04 by Zoe Brain
It was only a few years ago that the president of Daimler-Benz stated that by 2010, fully 80 per cent of the value of a new car coming off the production line would be in the electronics. Peering into the tea leaves, I see this trend continuing but with implications not obvious today. Not in the [...] [...more]
Posted on 2009-02-04 by Zoe Brain
Daddy, is this water safe to drink? Just dip your pendant in it sweetheart, the way you were shown at Kindy. There you go… No, we have to boil it first. How does my pendant work, Daddy? Er.. something to do with diamonds honey… I think… Ask your mother. She’s the expert. *** Peering into the Tea Leaves this week, [...] [...more]
Posted on 2009-01-21 by Zoe Brain
Doctor, I just can’t seem to remember things as well as I did, and I’ve been getting terrible headaches… Let’s review your medical history… Uh huh… I see you were treated for a problem with your hippocampus after an accident? You had a prosthesis installed? Yes… I think so…Â About ten years ago… It’s under the skin [...] [...more]
Posted on 2008-12-17 by Zoe Brain
See the bones in your hand, see through clothes! Well, see through clothes, anyway. Peering into the tea-leaves today, I see an advertisement: Victoria’s Stealth Block unwanted attention with our new close-weave 3mm and 1.5mm dielectric mesh technology. Combined with X-ray absorbing polymers, He’ll only see what you want him to see! *** It was towards the end of the first decade of the [...] [...more]
Posted on 2008-12-03 by Zoe Brain
Futurist Zoe Brain laments that, sometimes, the Tea Leaves show things that are not all that comforting. Here’s what appeared recently, in her Earl Grey… *** Want a Job in Space Development? Learn Mandarin in just three months with our new interactive technology! It was some 550 years ago that the first great age of exploration ended, when [...] [...more]
Posted on 2008-11-19 by Zoe Brain
Today’s Next Big Thing is about the convergence of three technologies, each of which is in service today, either in the military or in office toys for the Uber-Geek (or Geekette). Here’s what the tea-leaves say lies in our future, when small, electrically-powered flying vehicles, mini navigation systems and affordable Infra-Red imaging are combined… *** There’s always [...] [...more]
Posted on 2008-11-05 by Zoe Brain
In which TLP futurist Zoe Brain peers into the tea leaves and tries to foresee our tech future. *** My mommy has fallen down and I can’t wake her up! Help! It’s going to be all right honey. Just tell me where you are. We’re in the woods. We went camping. I can’t wake her up! Honey, it’s going to [...] [...more]
