The Wall-E Future is Now

The video below demos a completely new way to search. The name of the company behind this technology is Qwiki. The developers of Qwiki were partially inspired from a scene in Wall-E. Check out the video. Skip over to the 0:35 mark if you don't want to watch the intro.

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Justin said…

Although, this is only in its alpha stage; I can see this being the new version of wikipedia for kids. A simple search on a topic and it will connect you to every thing there is to know about it and better yet you don't have to read.

It is kind of ironic how in Wall-E humanity was wasted because of our obsession with automation and consumption. Yet here we have a company that was inspired to create an innovative way for people to be lazy once more.

January 25, 2011 at 3:10 AM

E. Thomas said…

we are becoming lazier... not only are we going to get physically worse, but our brains will turn to mush, i read an article how reliance on GPS takes away hippocampus function as we age, http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-reliance-gps-hippocampus-function-age.html

January 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM

Outdated! Charter Cable Box UI

When I was living with my old roommates, we used Direct TV and Time Warner Cable to satisfy our TV cravings. While I hated, hate, and will always hate Direct TV for their barbaric two year contracts, I give them credit for having a neat looking user interface (UI). But because of their two year contract and lies, we cancelled. We paid about $400 dollars to get Direct TV's grubby paws out of our living room. At that point, it wasn't about the money, it was about principles. And so a happier relationship was started with Time Warner Cable. Though a lot of things were better with Time Warner Cable, I couldn't help but notice their cable boxes' UI was "fugly". Little did I know...

Recently, I've moved away from the parents old roommates. The new area I'm in is serviced by Charter Cable. I was shocked by the UI of the Charter cable boxes. See picture below:

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After my internal monologue, which happened in less than three seconds, I must have responded to Matthew with a calm, "Cool". And indeed the 3-D airplane was cool. Some weeks passed by, then Matthew brings me a 3-D printed barrel, pictured above. I begin to ask more questions about this printer. Apparently, the printer is custom made. The limitations of this printer are a length and width of a few inches, the height being more flexible. This particular printer only …

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