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The smartphone has become an integral part of ourselves, a continuous presence in our lives. What will be after the smartphone? This question might seem absurd, give the intimate relation we have grown with it, yet the history of humanity shows that nothing is forever. Humane think they have the …

Staring with IOS 15 Apple has been providing, without much fanfare, the possibility of identifying objects in a photo (matching faces pre-dated this) and the same is possible in smartphones with the Android engine. Over the past two years “Visual Look up” (this is how Apple calls the functionality) has …

6. The future of wellness There is a huge interest, and therefore a market, in the area of wellness at all ages. Actually, the focus has shift from increasing life span to increasing the wellness of life span. Wellness has a very broad meaning, from being -and remaining- healthy to …

Yesterday it was the 50th anniversary of the first “recorded” call made by a cell phone.  Motorola and Bell  Laboratories have been working  for several years to develop a wireless communication system. However, Ball Labs focussed on a device to be carried by a car, and that made sense given …

There are plenty of satellites up there in the sky (if you want to take a look watch this clip). However these satellites are controlled by big companies and although the cost of individual satellite has plummeted it is still beyond the affordability of all of us and it is …

The year 2020 saw a decline in the smartphone market, because of the pandemic and the related economic downturn. In 2021 we saw a rebound to a level -almost- matching pre-pandemic sales. The figures of 2022 paint a different landscape. Worldwide sales have decreased to a level below 2020 and …

We have had technology supporting testing at home for a variety of ailments but it is only with the Covid-19 pandemic that testing at home has become part of our everyday talks. Personally I could not name a single person among my friends that hasn’t taken a do-it-yourself test for …

5. Pervasive knowledge In the 2050 scenario just described I pointed out that knowledge will no longer be perceived as overwhelming, rather as a property of the space (metaspace) we live in. In other words knowledge becomes pervasive. It is where it is needed. Think about this. We are making …

In 2017 Nikon released the D850, the very best camera on the market according to qualified expert like DP Review. And I bought it. In 2018, less than a year after I bought this top of the line camera, Nikon released their first mirror-less camera: lighter, faster and fully software …

I remember 20 years ago looking in awe at a new Nikon digital camera: it embedded a 5 Mpixel sensor, 5 million pixels! At that time I had a 1.3 Mpixel camera. Now my smartphone has a 12 Mpixel camera (plus another one for selfie). However, even my current 12 …