The App store is the future – a vision.

Martin: One of the most significant things about the iPad is the also the most obvious: its bigger than the iPhone.
The app store is a brilliant thing. Developers get to focus on making great software for a controlled set of hardware while Apple look after virtually all the administration. The apps are available allover the [Read More →]

Will iPad change the world?

Martin: If you believed most geeks out there then the answer is a resounding NO! Fortunately they are completely wrong. It MIGHT change the world. I am very excited about it and will definitely buy one. It will be great for sitting around the house in a comfy armchair web browsing, gaming or playing videos. I will do this at the expense of switching on my iMac.

Future Echoes – 18 November 2009

Some more musings about recent news stories from a house on the moon to the mind controlled iPhone
Water on the Moon – Perhaps we will see a bit more effort going into the attempts to go back there. This could be a serious boost to the chances of seeing a big brother to the ISS [Read More →]

Will the computer as we know it vanish?

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Martin: We’ve all got used to seeing grey boxes, monitors, keyboards and mice on our desks. We got used to carry laptops (or notebooks) around with us that recreate the grey box in a portable format too. Over the next few years we aren’t going to see them as much. This doesn’t mean that we will be moving back to the dark ages and using pens and paper again, just that the computer will be transformed into something else.