Some people routinely lose the remote control for their entertainment devices. Why not have a Bluetooth-enabled sticker that will track it via your smartphone, even setting off a buzzer or red light just in case it’s super well-hidden? Ah, it would be nice,...
If you are into nextsensing, you have to be into entertaining new thinking. This means that you have to be open to challenging ideas, concepts and possibilities — no matter where they come from. Some days, I don’t spot anything that tickles my next sense....
I am old enough to remember the time, not that long ago, when people who proclaimed that the Internet would change everything were seen more as heretics than prophets. Record store owners scoffed; the compact disc is the essence of modern music. Newspaper editors...
In newly built (or renovated) homes in developed countries, it’s not unusual to have thermostats that control when different parts of the house are heated or cooled. A step beyond that are more computerised thermostats that can sense whether anyone is in a room or not...
Education has so far avoided the kind of major disruptions we have seen in the media and publishing businesses — or the music and travel industries (to name just a few). Why? Simple, inertia. In secondary education (K-12 in the US) it has been the teacher’s unions...
