Category: Futuristic

Smart Lighting – Initial Thoughts on Philips Hue Light Starter Kit

By editor, on July 18th, 2017%

The recent Amazon Prime Day had some interesting geeky offerings. One of them was the Philips Hue Light Starter Kit that comes with a Hue Light Bridge and three white and color Hue Light bulbs. The regular list price for the kit is around $199, and it was on offer for about $120.

After having used the . . . → Read More: Smart Lighting – Initial Thoughts on Philips Hue Light Starter Kit

Google Car That Drives Itself

By editor, on October 10th, 2010%

I had posted these “futuristic” thoughts a while ago. But looking at this NY Times article about Google cars that drive themselves, it appears that the future is here.

The article talks about a car project at Google, and Google’s experiments on real roads:

The car is a project of Google, which has been working in secret . . . → Read More: Google Car That Drives Itself

Where Do You Want To Go Today?

By editor, on March 29th, 2009%

That was Microsoft’s famous slogan some years ago, but very soon that may be the question your car asks you, as soon as you get in and buckle up.

“Innovation comes ‘Standard’” claims Microsoft in a recent press release about its new Auto 4.0 platform that was announced at the CeBit and Embedded World conferences, during the . . . → Read More: Where Do You Want To Go Today?

Have Telepresence, Will Work-From-Home

By editor, on March 14th, 2009%

Working from home using Telepresence can be greener than you’d imagine!

From Dilbert.com Feb, . . . → Read More: Have Telepresence, Will Work-From-Home

Car That Drives Itself – A Six Hats Perspective

By editor, on May 9th, 2008%

While writing posts for the article The Car That Drives Itself, I have been wondering about all possible reactions to a topic like this. Then I realized that this is a great example to illustrate the idea of Edward de Bono’s Six Hats.

If you had six people wearing the six different hats sitting in a room . . . → Read More: Car That Drives Itself – A Six Hats Perspective

Good Morning, er, Good Evening

By editor, on May 8th, 2008%

San Jose, CA. 8.02 AM

You walk into the meeting room. You greet others in the room “Good Morning, Gentlemen!”

Someone says, “Good Evening, Joe!”

You think it is a dig at you because you were late for the 8.00 AM meeting. You protest, “Oh come on! I am only a couple of minutes late! With my commute, I . . . → Read More: Good Morning, er, Good Evening

Article: The Car That Drives Itself

By editor, on May 8th, 2008%

This post is an article that lists the collection of posts on this topic written so far in this blog.

Catch Up On Your Sleep While Driving
Cars On Autopilot
How Would You Put Your Car On Autopilot?
A Six Hats Perspective
More . . . → Read More: Article: The Car That Drives Itself

How Would You Put Your Car On Auto-Pilot?

By editor, on April 30th, 2008%

This is a continuation from the post Cars On Auto-Pilot.

Here is one possible way:

Set destination information on GPS.
Start driving to the nearest auto-pilot enabled freeway.
Autopilot enabled freeway has multiple lanes. The rightmost lane, from where you enter or exit is Lane 0.
Lane 0 – Manual control when you enter, but cars will not go faster than . . . → Read More: How Would You Put Your Car On Auto-Pilot?

Cars On Auto-Pilot

By editor, on April 30th, 2008%

If you found my earlier post Catch Up On Your Sleep While Driving interesting, then this one is for you.

Why Autopilot?
Let’s say you are on your way to some place that is a good 40 miles away, and that’s mostly on a freeway. If you were the passenger, you could read a book, catch up . . . → Read More: Cars On Auto-Pilot

Catch Up On Your Sleep While Driving

By editor, on April 27th, 2008%

“Isn’t that crazy??!!”
Yes, it is!! It is dangerous! If you are talking about today, that is. You don’t want to sleep at the wheel, but what’s wrong in dreaming? (pun intended)

Imagine this.
Today you have a GPS that knows where you are, where you want to go, which way to go, where to turn, which lane to . . . → Read More: Catch Up On Your Sleep While Driving

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