Every woman has probably at least once wished that there was a re-do button after applying makeup. What if there was a way to preview what one’s makeup will look like before going through the trouble of putting it on? ARM’s Magic Mirror was created with that idea in mind: using a microprocessor inside of a makeup kit, facial recognition technology allows people to see the final effect of makeup before applying it.
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Wave power is a huge untapped resource of renewable energy. The motion of the waves has the potential to generate between 1 and 10 terawatts. Even just 1 terawatt would be enough to power a billion homes. Wave power is typically produced by the up and down motion of floating buoys being tossed on the surface of the ocean.
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We have all heard of solar-powered calculators and solar-powered watches, but what about a solar-powered aircraft? The Swiss company, Solar Impulse, headed by Bertrand Piccard, has developed a prototype for a solar-powered aircraft. The aircraft, named HB-SIA, has the appearance of a glider but is as wide as a modern airliner. Solar Impulse’s solar-powered aircrafts are now being tested and prepped to be able to fly around the world.
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In today’s video, Lacoste, one of the most known brands of sports clothing in the world, imagines what the world of sports will look like in the year 2083. And the great part is, for those like myself who are interested in innovation, the final result, although a bit extreme, is completely believable. Biometric technologies will allow us to play sports beyond the actual ability of the human body. Sports will evolve and new sports will soon be created, just like this game of tennis.
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Genepax a Japanese company, recently revealed in Osaka an electric powered car that can run on any type of water. The car can run for an hour at about 50 miles per hour on just a liter of water; about 2 cans of soda worth. Unlike other electric cars, the Genepax car does not require that batteries be recharged and has no emission. The car runs on the electrons from the hydrogen that is in the water. Not only is this alternative power method good for the environment, it is also easier on everyone’s wallet.
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Andy Warhol’s biography is not just a series of events, but actually a story about life: it is the story of an existence tied to all that has been described as creative. Andy Warhol’s biography is the testimony of an artistic genius, who, thanks to its sensibility, has foreseen every artistic trend and period. Here are three tips for today’s artist from someone who knew how to live in the future, and still be successful in the present.
Born the son of a Slovakian immigrant, Andrew Warhola was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania on August 6th, 1928. His talents were vast and plentiful: painter, sculptor, photographer, director, actor, music producer, television star, model, and advertiser. His life was a continuous search for the unknown, and lived in the future as if it were the present. Today it can be said that his life was a culmination of all that was innovative and radical in the 60’s, during the time of Pop Art and underground film, as well as in the 70’s and 80’s during the beginning of the postmodern era.
The famous Factory, where his paintings and films took form, was his private Hollywood; a forge of dreams, and a crossroad where friends, prostitutes, artists, and important gallery owners could all meet to share thoughts and ideas. It was the groundbreaking place for the fashion revolution, where it could all happen, and happened. Why was Warhol so unique? He had the extraordinary ability to penetrate the woven threads of contemporary culture and reveal both the positive and negative peculiarities of American society.
Who was actually the artist who changed contemporary art? Who knew how to live in the present, while always looking towards the future? From the depths of Warhol’s creativity and artistic genius, here are three tips about life and art:
At a TED conference, Jamais Cascio, the co-founder of WorldChanging.com discusses how we can solve the world’s problems with effective tools and ideas. Cascio believes that as long as we can see and understand the impact of our actions, we can work towards a better future.
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Jamais Cascio is helping us find ways to solve our world’s problems. At a TED conference in Monterey, California, Jamais Cascio, discusses his website, WorldChanging.com, the award-winning website dedicated to finding and calling attention to models, tools, and ideas for building a better future. As the co-founder of this website, he explains how problems such as the planet’s environment, global development, and international conflicts can be solved using tools and ideas that are outlined on his site.
The website has over 4,000 tools and ideas, such as energy efficient homes and vehicles, which we could easily put into practice today. According to Cascio, we can build a better world because we have all of the necessary things: tools, knowledge, and motive. We have the means and the capability to solve global problems, as well as good reason to do so.
While successful responses are possible, Cascio believes that one of the most important steps is to make the invisible visible. If people are able to see and understand the impact of their actions, it will lead to change. If we can easily see what impacts (whether positive or negative) we are making on the world, maybe it will be easier for us to solve our current environmental problems.
At Carnegie Mellon’s 112th Commencement Ceremony, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google Inc., stresses the importance of technology and innovation in our future. According to Schmidt, we need to start using the abundance of information that we have in order to make our own opportunities and learn from our mistakes.
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At Carnegie Mellon’s 112th Commencement Ceremony, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google Inc., leaves the graduating class with some very sound advice: “Mistakes allow you to learn and to innovate and try new things.” As the CEO of Google, and a former member of the Board of Directors of Apple, one could easily make the assumption that Schmidt has a passion for technology and information. In fact, he believes that information itself will make the world a more global and productive place.
Why is it important to have an unlimited source of information? Beyond the fact it makes life more functional, information serves as an equalizer. If everyone in the world had the same access to all information, we would finally be able to solve the world’s problem of inequality. We live in a culture of innovation, where we can find most of the answers to our problems, and make our own luck and opportunity.
Schmidt stresses the importance of using the information that we have to take chances and mistakes, because it is through mistakes that we can learn and improve. He addresses the graduating class with a quote from John Lennon: “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.” By living life and foregoing fear, we will be able to be more innovative than ever before.
Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired and creator of the long tail theory, predicts a world in which everything will be free, without even the need for advertising. The web will change the world and every digital sector will become free.
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We are always looking for ways to spend less money, and get the best deals. We compare prices and wait for products to go on sale. Every opportunity to save money is a good one. But what about spending no money at all? According to Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired and the mind behind the long tail theory: “if free is what you’re looking for, then free is what you’ll get.”
Chris Anderson explains the new zero-cost business model. It has little to do with the current way we live where advertising guarantees revenue; instead, it is based on a new reality in which we will not even have need for advertising. “Everything will end in this economy of waste”, says Anderson. It is his belief that products become so easily produced that they become wasted. How is this possible?
Chris Anderson uses nuclear energy as a prime example. If electricity had been too cheap to meter, to the point where it could just be thrown away, we would have an electric economy. Everything would run on electricity because it would cost us nothing.
This is what is happening today with the technology revolution. In fact, Chris strongly believes that free is the future of business. All of the technologies of the computer revolution are too cheap to meter. As more businesses become digital, services and products will become available through software and downloads. This will lead to everything becoming free.
Companies such as Google and Yahoo, that make billions of dollars, are built upon the business model of giving away things for free. This Gift Economy is based on free labor, and no advertising. “Every industry that becomes digital, eventually becomes free”, concludes Chris. Therefore, we should look forward to a future that is more digital, and more importantly, free.
In an interview with CNN, Joey Reiman talks about his innovative vision for the future of business. “In the future, it will no longer be necessary to go to the office every morning, and we will work only six hours a day for four days a week.”
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For those who wonder whether or not it is possible to be both the manager of an up-and-coming international company and a dedicated and present father, the answer is yes. It was in this commendable way, in fact, that Joey Reiman became so successful. His office, located in the middle of his beautiful backyard, was once an old square-dancing hall, and the photos of his family that are scattered all over the room makes it look more like a living room rather than a place where a manager conducts business on an international scale. Joey Reiman is the CEO of BrightHouse, the first ideation corporation in the world.
The project’s idea is based upon Reiman’s firm conviction that innovative ideas, which are born freely from creative minds, truly drive today’s market. These ideas are the most important component in business, and are perfected and implemented everyday in order to respond to specific human needs.
Reiman has dedicated himself for years, if not for his entire career, to the study of the mechanisms that advance the creative process. One of his recently published books, Thinking for a Living, is the fruit of all of his research and analysis. He believes that observation, ideation, and implementation are the three phases of the birth of a good idea. You cannot rush creativity (Reiman often boasts that he is the head of one of the slowest yet one of the most effective companies in the world). Instead, creativity can be best stimulated in a familiar environment, where we feel comfortable and thoughts can flow freely. So what does this all have to do with our homes?
This is Reiman’s idea for the future: jobs will be an interesting and stimulating part of our day, a part of our life that can be shared with the people that we love, in the comfort of our homes. The timeframes, rigid guidelines, and rules that turn an office environment into an alienating experience, will soon become a thing of the past.
The true key of innovation can be found in the simplicity of the small moments that occur in our everyday lives. These small moments are normally eclipsed by the stress from the work world, and from the general attitude of earning as much as possible the in shortest amount of time.
Reiman reminds us that ideas are not created from money, but that money is generated from ideas. The best ideas come from the most open minds; minds that are free from outlines and preconceived notions.
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