Human technology

posted by Bryan Rhoads on January 06, 2008

The throngs have converged on Vegas. I’m a CES newbie and in fact I haven’t been to Las Vegas for 15 years… back when I was fresh out of University here for the NAB.

CES newbie yes… CE newbie… no, neo-Luddite… maybe.

And its not the Luddism that dis’es technology (I work for Intel after all). I just can’t have my time-wasted w/ technology that gets in the way, is poorly designed or has group-think features to meet the widest market possible… i.e. resembling the Winchester Mystery House when all the group design sessions have ceased and stakeholder requirements have been captured and crammed into version 1.0.

I’m looking for focus. I’m looking for wonderful and beautiful design. I approach my technology as a human, not as a gadget-geek. I also approach technology wearing a social scientist’s hat, with a wink and a nod towards Web 2… i.e. what are the societal, anthropological or environmental externalities, what are the costs, impacts, etc.

So that’s it… Is that too much?

I’m on the hunt for human technology. Where should I look?

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Jan 08  |  clint said:

did you see one voice technologies demo on the mids

Jan 09  |  Craig said:

Bryan - an admitted gadget-freak here, but I picture myself in the near future running around my house with a wii remote; fencing off invisible enemies to control my TV, lights, coffee maker, etc. Getting an accelerometer in an MID is a good start, however…

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