http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/08/all-the-technology-you-never-knew-you-didnt-need Comments On: All the Technology You Never Knew You Didn't Need by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Besides, we already have tech to do brain-controlled TVs so I don't care if it's the size of a Beluga Whale with 3D Surround Sound. Still old tech done bigger.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:37:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Simone]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:16:23 -0800 The Stranger
And, yes, while technologies we all have were introduced and possibly even ridiculed years ago at CES, they are releasing something like 10,000 products. Of those there are a lot of stinkers that are never going to sell.
Posted by fletc3her]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:43:38 -0800 The Stranger
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Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:57:18 -0800 The Stranger All of these ideas were eventually refined and tweaked to become the things we can't live without today, but at the time they were all clearly doomed.
The connected fridge will be common in a decade when we'll all wonder how we ever lived without being able to check our fridge's contents while at the supermarket. 3D TV at 4k resolution will be standard once they perfect 3D without glasses. The Siri type of interface will frustratingly be everywhere soon. Hand gestures for computers are right around the corner too.
Ten years ago hardly anyone had an HDTV, now even the anarchists and hippies have 'em. It's all coming whether you like it or not.
Posted by SPG]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:25:25 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by south downtown]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:09:24 -0800 The Stranger The Walking Dead unbearable:

"What?! They just said they had to conserve ammo, and yet they're shooting all these penned-in zombies?! Why the hell would you do that when you can easily just stab them through the fence?!"

"Well, Knat, my search confirms that distance is the most important factor in dealing with with a zomb--"

"SHUT UP, TV! I WASN'T ASKING YOU!"
Posted by Knat]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:46:37 -0800 The Stranger So what are our early adopters going to be buying this year?

None of these things.

This is the sort of nonsense that used to get displayed in the tertiary exhibit halls at CES and Comdex: unwanted products produced by desperate companies, solving no possible problem ever had by a customer. Now it's all that the show has left: even Samsung (hands-down the biggest player still bothering to attend) doesn't bother to introduce its flagship products there any more. Instead it's all unsellable "concept car" products and demos.

It's time to pack it in.
Posted by Doctor Memory]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:43:43 -0800 The Stranger The theres Ouya, now that is a bit of a wildcard since everyone is kinda thinking on whether it will even sail - and if it does how good will it be (seems like an old Nintendo Cube).
Oh and Gamestick another open source thing.

Beyond that I only got allot of Linux-stuff.
Posted by JensR]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:34:36 -0800 The Stranger
Fridge with a touch screen and twitter? Really? Having it on your phone isn't enough?

A lot of solutions looking for problems.
Posted by Charlie Mas]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:29:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by MacCrocodile]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:15:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:51:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by lizlemon]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:22:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:15:41 -0800 The Stranger