Science Fiction

Tokyo Arcology Proposed

As a sci-fi nerd (see “Slant” and “Queen of Angels“), I’ve long been fascinated by arcologies (wikipedia) - enormous “city within a building” structures designed to include all aspects of live - work, home, recreation, retail, services - within a single structure. Of late, arcology as a design school has been getting much more attention… »

BBC on RFID / WiFi Gateway - Exactly what I’m talking about - the Semantic World

The BBC has an article today on the utility of combining RFID tags with WiFi for location tracking of people & resources.
Add to that presence-profiles (i.e.: changing your contact preferences based on whether you’re in a meeting room, your office, or the parking garage), and you’ve got the “Semantic World” where people, places, objects, and… »

An idea for Google or Meebo: IM + Translation = International Nirvana

If you read this and turn it into some kind of acquisition-worthy business, save a slice of the pie for me, OK?
Anyway: quick and simple - follow with me:

You know how you can translate a string of text (or a web page) via Google or BabelFish, right?
Well… messages in an IM conversation are strings of… »

The Semantic World - properties and methods for the r.w.

There’s a number of trends in technology that have the potential to come together and enable some truly radical changes in our day to day lives. I’d throw out RFID, location-aware devices, and pervasive wifi as primary examples. What I’ve really been hunting for, however, its a way to bring it all together - essentially… »