Archive for the 'Ideas' Category

What’s in the future for the iPad?

I’m still yet to be convinced that I have a need for an iPad in my life.

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

This is the Future of Transport in London

You can pick up a bike from one location and drop it off at another.

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Mindfulness of Technology

There is no digital replacement for a hug. So hug someone

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Rise up and make TV! Public Access Internet Channel

We’ve had the revolution of the Facebook masses getting Rage Against The Machine to number one instead of the latest corporate produced (s)hit from Simon Cowell. So how about the same for tv. Now we don’t have a tv chart that we can influence so directly as we do with music, more’s the pity. But [...]

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

eBooks – Publishers Don’t Screw The Pooch on This One Please

I hope that publishers have a road map here and that they are talking to the hardware providers too.

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Smarter Washing Machines to Tell You When You’ve Left Stuff In Your Pockets

This is a half formed thought so far but I’m banging it up here anyway. Can we make washing machines that detect if there’s something in your pockets? All clothes come down to a few basic materials, so if you could eliminate those materials anything else left must be a foreign body that perhaps shouldn’t [...]

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Bluetooth Hearing Aid

A colleague of mine, Dan Shane, suggested to me today a good topic to post on my site would be bluetooth hearing aids. A quick Google around shows that someone beat him too the idea first for example There’s also a walk through of how to make your own: http://gfern.com/btha/btha.html It’s certainly a great idea. [...]

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Zero Foot Print Earphone Plugs

What we need for our iPod/iPhone and other PMPs is a zero foot print earphone plug

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Compact Living

After moving flat time and time again one thing is true of all rented accommodation it seems. There is very little storage. I appreciate space is at a premium these days but some places I’ve lived have been pretty ridiculous. One thing that you’ll need in most flat is a mop and bucket, and one [...]

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

USB Power Sockets

why not make a wall socket that the three pin holes

Thursday, January 21st, 2010