by Graeme Codrington | Apr 26, 2005 | Future Trends
I had a wonderful phrase the other day. A14-year-old was complaining that he had been “cyber grounded”. I believe this meant that he had no access to his digital TV, which meant no access to the Internet either. I wasn’t able to ask him about the...
by Raymond de Villiers | Apr 6, 2005 | Future Trends
Several big food and beverage companies are looking at a new ingredient in the battle for health-conscious consumers: a chemical that tricks the taste buds into sensing sugar or salt even when it is not there. Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Campbell Soup...
by Graeme Codrington | Mar 31, 2005 | Archive, Future Trends
Synthesized from the futureneering work of the storytellers and organisational alchemists in the Business Intelligence Unit (BIU) of TomorrowToday.biz. – http://www.tomorrowtoday.biz During December and January every year, magazines and websites are filled with...
by Graeme Codrington | Mar 31, 2005 | Future Trends
I have recently acquired an awesome piece of software, Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 8. This is voice recognition on steroids. I am in the process of training it to my voice and my vocabulary. In fact, this particular blog entry has been done entirely by voice...
by Raymond de Villiers | Mar 31, 2005 | Future Trends
by Raymond Is this the first real-life example if effective ‘wet-work’?!?!?! ‘wet work’ – sci-fi speak for computer technology interfaced with human biological systems. Check it out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1448908,00.html Ian...
by TomorrowToday Global | Mar 28, 2005 | Future Trends
Wonder what the beer ‘die hards’ are saying this week (Feb 14, 2005 – Anhauser Busch announce their new ‘B to E’ drink, a cross between Red Bull and Budweiser)? Probably very similar to the cricket ‘die hards’ with the advent...