I see it as a stepping stone. The tech will eventually trickle into mainstream and become so cheap that it's throwaway. Long term ideas off the top of my head: A tyre lets you know when it needs air or replacement. A plant contains explicit information about what nutrients it needs. A coffee maker prepare coffee for you when you get home.
Longer term, when augmented reality glasses become useful it could open up some really cool opportunities. Instead of having to remember all the little mundane things, we'll be able to see them. Instead of having the world cluttered with LCDs and input devices, we'll be able to separate the object APIs from the interfaces. Not so we can fiddle with our phones to find the home automation app. It's so we'll be able to say "lights", "heat up some water for a shower", " show me who's at the door". Maybe my perspective is skewed, I grew up watching star trek. Isn't this sorta stuff a hackers dream?
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I see it as a stepping stone. The tech will eventually trickle into mainstream and become so cheap that it's throwaway. Long term ideas off the top of my head: A tyre lets you know when it needs air or replacement. A plant contains explicit information about what nutrients it needs. A coffee maker prepare coffee for you when you get home.
Longer term, when augmented reality glasses become useful it could open up some really cool opportunities. Instead of having to remember all the little mundane things, we'll be able to see them. Instead of having the world cluttered with LCDs and input devices, we'll be able to separate the object APIs from the interfaces. Not so we can fiddle with our phones to find the home automation app. It's so we'll be able to say "lights", "heat up some water for a shower", " show me who's at the door". Maybe my perspective is skewed, I grew up watching star trek. Isn't this sorta stuff a hackers dream?