I just got back from CES...my assessment: were screwed! The police state is going to love the new tech coming down the pike. There was a company that allowed for easy cataloging of DNA right on a USB stick they called a DNA VAULT of which you would simply deposit a drop of blood and the DNA will literally be stored in that USB stick in a solution that is guaranteed to prevent the DNA from breaking down for at least 50 years, of course said USB thumb-drive also allows for storage of data. It wont be long before companies require a drop of blood for your DNA file: Im not joking! Hey! Did you know that your WiFi also doubles as radar? Best innovation award went to a company that has developed software that can turn any WiFi base into a motion detector! Take that to the next level and Im pretty sure those with the right scanners can already see through the walls using existing WiFi signals. 3D printing seems to be the rage, but you know...the first thing I noticed about that area was the noxious odor coming off the printers as they melted the filament: that cant be good for anyone. I just wonder why somebody doesnt come-up with a 3D printer that will allow us to create objects using glass filament! Imagine recycling your glass to make glassware! Nah...that would be too efficient and then nobody would need to buy materials! There are now warehouses full of the noxious filament that need to be used before those innovations can be allowed! And this year the tech world has vomited wearables and it seems that the more biometrics that can be tracked the better: they even have an ear clip that allows for the monitoring of oxygen levels, the funny thing about that is by the time you notice your oxygen levels are critically low, you probably dont have enough oxygen in your blood to do anything about it! Theyve gone all out for wearables for toddlers too, made of some type of indestructible plastic that youd typically see in childrens toys. Worried about not being home enough to be with your pet? No problem! Theyve invented the pet-cube that allows you to interact and play with your pet when youre not home using lasers. I couldnt help but wonder how long it will be before somebody uses that for their children. Perhaps because it was right next to the wearables for toddlers section. The bottom line is that developers seem to think that tracking everything is what we all want, included a system that allows you to track your use of ANYTHING! With sensors that can be attached to any container, that will monitor the use of whatever is in the container and put it on your shopping list to remind you that you need more: toilet paper included! Now on the surface this might sound great, but that data is going to be out there and if FACEBOOK is any indication of how companies will try to use our data, then I cant begin to imagine what Charmin will do when they get reports that everyone in Las Vegas is running low on toilet paper! Additionally, now theres a button for anything and everything. No joke! You can literally attach buttons that will emit a WiFi signal that will run a unique program based on the unique signature of the button. So now for every person saying, Theres an app for that, Youve got a guy saying, And Ive got your buttons to press! There was one booth with a 360° camera lens. Not multiple cameras: a single lens! I thought 360° was it, right? Apparently not as one company was selling everyone on their 720° camera: It utilizes two ultra high definition cameras, each fitted with a fish-eye lens, but the software corrects the distortion from the fish-eye lens, thus when this camera is place in a room, it records everything around it, above it and below it! The demo was a recording of a party and the immersion experience of being this disembodied spectator at the party and were not talking about a static image here, were talking about HD motion video with real-time capability! One of their tag lines was, Now you can see everything youve been missing. I dont know about you, but I dont want to be at a party in which everything everyone is doing is going down on some permanent blackmail record! And heres the thing...They demonstrated how this camera can be easily integrated into things that appear innocuous, like a statue or art. Ive only touched on a portion of the new big brother tech and there are already companies in place to help advertisers digest the data to target their goods. After all, theres no better commercial than one thats squeezably soft when youve run out of toilet paper...yeah Im a little burnt out on all the tech, but thats okay because theyll just switch me to a vaporizer that will automatically order new cartridges when my pseudo-crack is running low! Unless of course my bank account is running low...and I couldnt help but think over and over again...who has the money to buy all this crap?! Oh...wait thats what the Charmin is for.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:00:45 +0000
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