Sure… Justin Timberlake closed the Panasonic Press Event at CES today.
And sure… Panasonic announced a partnership with NBC to bring the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to us in 3D
But I was just excited to see the follow up to the Panasonic Tough Book…
The Tough Pad
Taking the tablet industrial could just be so cool!
A STUNNING 4mm thin OLED screen from LG.
The French company Withings, who has had a fairly successful wireless connected body scale, is showing off a similarly connected baby and toddler scale at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas, NV.
With WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, the device allows Mom and Dad to progress over time, and even share it with others.
Parents can use their iOS devices or an Internet connected computer to access information or history on their baby’s growth, and even send it via email to a doctor or family member. OR for the parent who has to share every detail of their child’s development, the device can even allow you to post Facebook and Twitter updates.
The product is expected to be available in the 2nd quarter of 2012.
If the last decade was about transitioning our lives from analog to digital, the next few years will about refining the experiences in that digital landscape.
In a Pre-CES press conference, on trends to watch in 2012, Shawn Dubravac Chief Economist and Director of Research for the Consumer Electronics Association pointed out that we are beginning to see a natural progression of the digital experience as devices move along a continuem from their birth, to complexity, to simplicity. Dubravac explained that the next movement will be from the simple to the natural.
To illustrate his point, Dubravac showed a picture of an early Television Remote control. The clunky device had 4 buttons
that could undertake a small set of features. Another photo illustrated the shift from simple to complex with a television remote with a paralyzing number of buttons. The following images showed sleek forms that emphasized the shift towards a simple user interface.
That next step, it was explained, is going to be seeing these devices and the interactions with them, becoming more natural. Dubravac declared 2012 “The Year of the Interface”
As technology becomes more omnipresent and ubiquitous, the evolutionary pressures push yesterday’s innovation to the background – providing room for an increasingly natural interaction
While technological innovation will continue, the technology itself could now be considered fairly ubiquitous. This ubiquity is going to need to lead to more natural interaction with our devices.
This shift is likely to pull the focus away from pure computing power, towards interaction design.
U.S. consumers watched 42.6 Billion online videos in October, according to comScore Video Metrix data.
Quick Numbers:
It just hit me:
I’m not a runner… I’m a Superhero!
I was inspired by my Sister’s successful attempt to blog every day in 2011. (Here)
While I may not be as good at finding the words… I thought I’d try to find the images.
I started a pic-a-day blog at http://blisspic.wordpress.com
The blog will just display one photo from my day. A small glimpse into each day’s story.
It is meant to help me do a few things:
All the photos will be taken on my iPhone, and all the pictures will be posted using the WordPress iOS app.
I hope you enjoy it!
