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Programmable Beverage Containers Link  The technology employs buttons on the container's surface that release additives (flavors, colors, fragrances) into the liquid. For example, a programmable cola bottle with buttons for lemon, lime, vanilla, and cherry flavors as well as a caffeine button allows for thirty-two potential choices of soda. A programmable paint container with twenty pigment additive buttons allows the consumer to choose from one million colors. [ permanent link to this entry ]
Computer Games For Humans and Animals Link Metazoa Ludens is a computer gaming environment which allows pets to play mixed reality games with humans via custom built technologies and applications. Humans can mostly passively map and analyze the data that is coming as the result of the technological implications on societies. Metazoa Ludens searches for new moments that solve this problem by placing animals as one of the new elements in this cycle. How can a living creature make changes to robust technologically driven systems? What are the possible outcomes of this combination? [ permanent link to this entry ]
Bacteria Powered Robots Link A strain of bacteria that releases electrons as a waste product could become the secret ingredient for developing fuel cells for spy drones and other small robots. Researchers at Rice University and the University of Southern California have embarked on a project to harness the power of Shewanella oneidensis, a microorganism that essentially spits lightning. Rather than consume oxygen to turn food into energy, Shewanella consumes metals. Microbes could become one of the crucial ingredients in the future of the energy industry. Researchers at Stanford University have isolated a microbe that turns light into hydrogen, which could become a fuel source. Meanwhile, Craig Venter, the first person to map the human genome, has formed a company that will try to develop energy-producing microbes. [ permanent link to this entry ]
The Futures Lab at SXSW Link On Tuesday March 14, Derek Woodgate will moderate a panel on the topic of How to Develop Digitally Convergent Devices for Cars. See you there. [ permanent link to this entry ]
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