I found a video that showed some of the newest credit card technology and I am really excited.
There were two kinds of card prototypes shown. The first one was multiple cards in one. It featured two separate cards, which isn't very impressive, since we can use that with the one card on campus. What makes is so amazing is that they used only one magnetic strip. It is actually fully programmable and contains all of the data needed to program the strip to either account. All the user has to do is push a button and pick which card they want.
To make it even more impressive, the cards are just as thin as a normal card, just as flexible, scratch resistant and water proof. I would love to have fewer cards in my wallet, while still being able to not worry about losing my card to breaking or water damage.
The second card is actually password protected. Until you input the password, the card cannot be used. If you were to accidentally drop your card somewhere, it is much less likely someone will pick up the card and use it. It also hides the numbers on the front until the password is put in. The numbers then come up on the display, so a lost card won't be used for online purchases either.
I think this technology is really amazing and I am hoping that my bank will start carrying these cards in the coming year or two.
Click Here
I found this smart phone application that really blew me away. It would live stream and translation for whatever image you put in front of it. A perfect example of this would be a sign that says "danger: asbestos!" and it happens to be in Russian. We may not be able to read it, but our phone can.
The reason I am so excited for this technology because of the possibilities. When a person goes travelling, he/ she will be able to read menus, signs, books, etc, without the worry of paying for a translator.
Let's say I had an allergen to peanuts and while travelling in France, I accidentally ate a food cooked in peanut oil. If I had this translator, I could of read that it is roasted duck in peanut oil and saved myself an allergy attack.
The video I found shows this application in action and I am hoping that as phones get more advanced, so will this technology.
click here
When I saw this article, I was very excited. Imagine speakers that are less than .25mm thick.
What make it more impressive, the speakers are FLEXIBLE. The writer discusses the uses within cars and homes. I personally would really like the ability to create a better sound system that is out of sight.
Surround sound systems to be surround, but without a single being one of the that can be seen. Even better, car speakers could be placed along the top of the car, rather then built into the doors, while still sounding clear.
A larger scale use of these speakers is for P.A. systems in airports. Rather then a speaker combating all of the background noise, the walls will let customers hear the announcement clearly.
More then anything, I thought that it is a revolutionary idea for speakers.
Click Here
I don't know about anyone else, but if I had the choice between a screen or no screen, I choose the latter. Now, what I mean is having a projector instead of an LED. Of course, the main reasoning behind this is the versatility of the projector.
Now, think of a projector meets computer. Rather then needing to have a laptop, you would have a drive with a built in projector. With the minds in Light Blue Optics, this idea is taking form.
What I found is the Light Touch Projector that projects an image on the table in front of the user. Now the user can interact with the image in the same way you woud with a touch screen computer. To make matters more impressive, the Light Touch can connect to social networks. It comes with 2 Gb of flash memory and micro sd slot to expand it even more. Though the Light Touch is slightly bulky, I can very easily see future versions to be much smaller and more powerful.
The ability to turn any surface into a computer screen and keyboard would be an amazing idea. I would hope it could even go to the point of a necklace or something you wear that can project on anything in front of you. We could access the internet on the go, watch movies, record videos, and most anything else a computer can do now of days. Think of it, being able to have a presentation without the need of a separate computer, just let your future Light Touch show it for you.
Now this is more of what I HOPE will happen, but what we have now is still impressive. To see the details on the Light Touch, Click Here
This isn't a revolutionary technology in the way we normally think of it, but I wanted to still show what I found. Think of a keyboard without any keys. It is one touch screen, similar to the keyboards on many touch smart phones. From this, we could use the keyboard to preview videos or emails. Even more, there is a near unlimited amount of customization that we could do for the "keyboard."
I feel like we are making leaps and bounds to the kinds of computers we used to only see in sci-fi movies.
Click Here
