Added 7 January, 2014
Personal unmanned vehicles are getting a lot of buzz lately, trending upward with each day. But, until recently, drones have been flying machines, taking to the air to take video images and deliver payloads across challenging terrain. It is only rational that the next step for drones is the water. But what makes an aquatic drone different, say,...
Added 6 January, 2014
We are entering a new world in which unmanned flying vehicles, also known as drones, will soon become commonplace. They are currently being used by military and law enforcements, as well as various hobbyists and the occasional paparazzi. And DHL and Amazon.com have famously talked about using drones as package delivery devices. But what about the...
Added 4 January, 2014
We're seeing lots of products and services that automatically link to social networks to alert us to the world around us. These include mobile food trucks that tweet their locations daily to their customers and baby diapers that alert parents via Twitter when they are in need of changing. One of the coolest initiatives in this trend space is an...
Added 3 January, 2014
Speaking of wearable computers, how about a Bluetooth headset build into your hat so you can talk on the phone in winter without unsightly dangling wires and without having to take your hands out of your pockets? The Hands-Free Bluetooth Beanie can also double as a headphone hider for your music, syncing up with your mp3 player. Like other...
Added 2 January, 2014
Regular readers of WikiTrends know that wearable computing is among the biggest buzz words of the year, yet no one seems certain where exactly the technology will lead. What is the killer application that will put a phone on everyone's wrist? Challenges with current smart watches like the Pebble and the Galaxy Gear is that they require pairing...
Added 19 December, 2013
There was a time when government website blocking only happened in countries with repressive political cultures, like China, North Korea and Arab Gulf nations. But as governments worldwide look to gain control over file sharing and copyright infringement, laws are being passed that empower regulators to remove sites from the Internet. Italy is the...
Added 18 December, 2013
Home appliances are all getting smarter, and more connected as mobile phone-controlled door locks, lighting, and heating are finding their way into people's houses. And it will go even further, in the form of thermostats that can sense when someone is home, smoke alarms that can be turned off with the wave of a hand, and customizable LED lighting...
Added 16 December, 2013
A trend is a sustained movement in any measurable direction. As we see time and again, once a trend gets going it is usually hard to stop it. In other words, trends usually get more so. Binge watching TV is a good example of this. A buzz term just a year ago, viewers have embrace the idea of watching multiple episodes of a show in a single sitting...
Added 14 December, 2013
Linguist John McWhorter has been thinking a lot about texting and its effect on language. He is probably right to say that it is changing the way we speak, and think. Humans and technology are evolving together. Each is effecting the other. In a nutshell, McWhorter says that texting is more like speaking than writing, and it's changing the way we...
Added 13 December, 2013
There is lots of talk in the trends world about wearable computing, what it will become and how pervasive it will be. The battle for our wrists is on the forefront of this trend, with a growing number of smartwatches that are looking to take the phones out of our pockets and place them on our arms. Although there have been some strong attempts so...