IN1Case makes futuristic multi-tool utility case for the iPhone 5 /5s. Opening the case in the SERIOUS WONDER office was really easy. Usually you need a chainsaw to get the plastic packaging open, but the IN1 packaging was minimal, and the plastic around the case opened without much effort. When I saw how many tools…
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“Technology, for me. Is probably the most misunderstood subjects on the planet. We keep thinking about it as another category like the economy, like culture, like religion, like war. It’s as ubiquitous as the air we breath. We’re strapped in and on the ride” – Godfrey Reggio Known for his non-narrative films; Director Godfrey Reggio shares with…
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Designer Kwan Yoo has created a brilliant futuristic smart watch concept called Watch-ME. Apple iWatch rumors have been a hot topic in the wearable tech community. Designers and futurists are predicting that the iWatch could include solar-charging technology, a fully flexible plastic OLED screen, or curved Gorilla Glass. A truly innovative iWatch could be the next big…
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I was recently sent an advance screener for a new film called Particle Fever. The film is based on the years leading up to the first test of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN laboratory. The LHC is the biggest machine ever built by human beings. LHC is made of multiple experiments in…
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As an obsessive biker, in the warmer seasons that is, and as an unlucky casualty of a bike-against-car accident, visibility and safety are paramount to me. “Casualty” may be severe, but after weeks in bed while recovering, I acknowledged that a more startling appearance (although I was wearing a bright orange jacket) may have saved…
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Google Glass might have the PR strength to make it seem like they’re the only smartglasses around, but they’ve got a formidable rival. Atheer One is a set of smartglasses that includes 3D gesture technology. While Google Glass can be controlled using a touchpad located on the side of the device, Atheer One visualizes a…
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Call me what you will, but I think that lighting technology will herald the future faster than anything else. And I think that improved efficiencies in home and commercial lighting indicate how far we’ve come with technological change. But all you care about is flipping the light switch on and off. It seems that the…
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A virtual reality world will soon be assigned to each passenger on an aircraft. Known as VR Hyperspace, this project is led by the University of Nottingham and is funded by the European Commission under their 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7). There’s a growing population of airline passengers and less space and comfort to accommodate…
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In The Phantom Menance, the maligned but nevertheless influential first episode of the Star Wars space opera, there is a scene in which Qui-Gon Jinn and Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi bite down on respirators that will allow them to breath as they swim below the surface of Naboo to the Gungan city. For those of…
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