Re: [scifinoir2] Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs

2010-07-19 Thread Martin Baxter
Brent, such tings have intrigued me for years. Personally, I'm waiting for the computer that so fast and intelligent that, if you suddenly decide that you need to look up something online it will, the moment you boot it up, immediately get online and find the perfect site for your need. Mind you,

Re: [scifinoir2] Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs

2010-07-19 Thread Mr. Worf
The Japanese have been working on products like this for a while now. A couple of prototype cars had a lot of these features in it including mood lighting and a dash icon that communicated to you. The car could read your emotions and express it on the front of the car etc. (the lights would change

Re: [scifinoir2] Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs

2010-07-19 Thread Mr. Worf
I like the mainframe concept from the 60s that would just know everything so you don't really have to look it up. You would just ask it questions. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Brent, such tings have intrigued me for years. Personally, I'm

[scifinoir2] Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs

2010-07-18 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15450492?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.comnclick_check=1 Smart gadgets may one day anticipate our needs By Steve Johnson sjohn...@mercurynews.com Don't be surprised if one day your refrigerator nags you to lose weight, your phone blocks calls it