Jeff McNeill

Caveat, these are specific to my own interests and attention in higher education and information technology, but also in regards to energy, material science and sensors, since these last three sectors will have feedback effects on the other trends.
Forecasting? Not Possible
People I have spoken with about the future know I am suspicious to the point [...]

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There is a mesh of interesting things going on here. The idea is we will interact with objects and in places in new ways to produce new experiences.
* [Microsoft Surface](http://www.microsoft.com/surface/)
* [Natural Interaction](http://naturalinteraction.org/)
* [Human Joysticks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6izXII54Qc)
* [Valli (2007) Natural Interaction Whitepaper](http://naturalinteraction.org/images/whitepaper.pdf)
* Kuniavsky (2007) The Coming Age of Magic

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The University of Michigan 3D research group created a  low-cost 3D projection display.
Note, the cost on this is coming down to around $5k. Why is this interesting? Well, we could actually get a 3d display of virtual environments such as Second Life and Google Earth.
Turns out the open-sourcing of the SL client enabled researchers [...]

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I’ve been waiting for this since the late 1990s when the early reader hardware was coming out. And while it is not the full package of what I have been envisioning, it is a significant step forward.
Sony Reader PRS-500, $350http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/reader/
The lowdown 

1) Small, light, power lasts a long time2) Reading screen uses e-ink, readable in [...]

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