Bob's Blog N Blather: A new era of computing

Thursday, May 31, 2007

A new era of computing

You have got to watch this video and tell me what you think.

4 comments:

TREY MORGAN said...: Amazing ...; May 31, 2007, 3:50:00 PM
Neva said...: Wow! i want one!

Not really, I dont think I am quite ready for a coffee table that is smarter than I am.

Peace
neva; May 31, 2007, 3:58:00 PM
Frank Bellizzi said...: Amazing indeed. As a teacher, I naturally start dreaming about this technology's potential for education.

I do think that one or two of the statements in the video express the devil's doctrine: what can be done should be done. I mean, why in the world would you need something like that on every wall surface of your house? Makes me think of "Pleasant Valley Sunday" "And Mister Green, he's so serene, he's got a TV in every room." Great.

And how many home cooks will have a surface like that in the kitchen? Okay, maybe the machine can recognize a blob of peanut butter. My dog can do that AND clean it up for a lot less that 5000 big ones. Do you need something like that to remind you to cook the green beans with bacon? The machine is smarter than me, but can't go next door and borrow a cup of sugar? I already HAVE kids.; Jun 1, 2007, 2:08:00 PM
Bob Bliss said...: Trey, what's amazing is that you only said one word.

Neva, the coffee table isn't smarter than you it just is able to do certain tasks faster.

Frank, are you showing your age by quoting the Monkees? Interesting that the Monkees would sing a song despising technology while using technology to record their song. However, I do agree with you that not everything that can be done should be done.We live in an age that doesn't question the use of anything. Maybe that is an over reaction to the age where we questioned everything.; Jun 1, 2007, 10:41:00 PM

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