Tag Archives: innovation

Watson Will Make Us Superhumans

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The continued advance of computer intelligence, riding the rails of Moore’s Law, have made events like IBM’s Watson win over two champions on Jeopardy inevitable. While thoughts of the Singularity, a future in which we cannot predict because computers will out-innovate humans, … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Creativity

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Perhaps I should title this post, The Myth of the Muse, because that’s really what I’m going to talk about. As a writer, a blogger, or as an engineer, I am on occasion asked how I come up … Continue reading →

Posted in The Writer's Life | Tagged Albert Einstein, creativity, innovation, Ohno Circle, Taiichi Ohno, the digital sea, Toyota | 3 Comments

Maxcware AR Glasses Project

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet A few months ago Staffan Dryselius made a splash on Team Hack-a-Day with his DIY data glasses. Since then he’s been working with a team to improve his design and would like to form a larger partnership with anyone interested … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity, Industrial AR | Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, HMD, innovation, outdoor AR, Staffan Dryselius, the digital sea, vuzix | 3 Comments

Augmented Reality Car System

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Mobile computing devices are wonderful for bringing the world of information to our fingertips anywhere we go. Hurtling down the highway in one ton vehicles while trying to access our maps or find directions is not the safest way … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged arduino, augmented reality, future-technology, GPS, innovation, Mobile computing, Snoop Dogg, TomTom, Windows 7 | Comments Off

10 Games That Could Be Made with Layar 3.0

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The new Layar 3.0release brings more functionality to the reality browser. To help people envision what the service can do, Layar touts five new use-cases: Five Layar 3.0 Use-Cases 1) Architecture Showcase – Visualize the final building at a … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, Steal This AR Idea! | Tagged 3D, AR Games, Art, augmented reality, Foursquare, future-technology, innovation, Layar, Layar 3.0, Lemmings, locative, POI, Pokeman, Wizardry, Zork | 13 Comments

25 Things I Learned At ISMAR09

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet Inspired by Joe’s “50 Things I Learned at ISMAR“, I’m going to take a crack at 25 things since I was only there for half the conferance. 1. Participation in ISMAR doubled from 2008 to 2009. 2. In the … Continue reading →

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ISMAR09 HMD Review

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet The biggest barrier to true augmented vision is an HMD that can handle all the requirements. I had the oppertunity to experience what Microvision, Vuzix and ORALab/EvoOpticks had to offer. I’ll try to relate their talks and my experiences with … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity | Tagged AR Games, augmented reality, Augmented Vision, future-technology, Head Mounted Display, HMD, innovation, ISMAR, ismar09, Lumus, Microvision, monocle, ORA, Ori Inbar, the digital sea, VR, vuzix, yelp | 21 Comments

YDreams: Flyar Birdies Bring Tweets to Your PC

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet YDreams, a Portuguese information technology company, has been quiet in the augmented reality news lately, but remedy that with their release of an AR twitter product called Flyar for your PC. What is Flyar? Flyar is a free Twitter visualization … Continue reading →

Posted in AR Games, augmented reality | Tagged augmented reality, future-technology, innovation, YDreams | 1 Comment

The Zerkin Glove – Touching the Future, Now

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet With all the buzz about multiple AR news announcements (ARML, Layar 3D, Vuzix contest), Noah Zerkin’s glove/tracking project got lost. Hopefully I can shed some much deserved light on what this one-man show is doing. Noah has been working on … Continue reading →

Posted in augmented reality, digital singularity | Tagged augmented reality, innovation, interactive glove, Noah Zerkin, the digital sea | 2 Comments

Augmented Reality Helps Art Meet Life

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Tweet This augmented reality video from Najork has clearly been modified post-production, however, it really gives a sense of the possible. When the tools to do this easily become available some artists might abandon real materials and instead build their … Continue reading →