I have wittered on for the past couple of years about the exciting prospect of flexible printed electronics as a result of working for PETEC, part of CPI in the North East of England. What this basically means is that surfaces all around us can become video displays or solar cells.
The BBC technology programme Click has just run a section on this as developed by Plastic Logic as part of their Paperless special. You can see it here. on iplayer. It might not be up for long, and might not be accessible outside the UK. The relevant bit starts about 9:32 into the programme.
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Monday, 9 July 2012
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
"The future is already here..
it's just not evenly distributed." William Gibson.
One of my favourite quotes (I shoehorn it into quite a lot of presentations - sorry).
An example of the truth of this can be found in a recent blog entry here, by Mark Evanier - writer of the very funny Groo the Wanderer comics, and much else. He listed the technology he used on a recent trip that was not available say 10 years ago. It is an extensive list.
We often don't notice the incremental changes in our world brought about by technology - apart occassionally to laugh at the huge mobile phones that people carry in 80s movies. Or is it 90s movies? We don't notice how the plots of movies have changed because technology means we can send a text message to the Police for help, or something similar. How would the end of The Italian Job have been if Michael Caine's idea had been "I'll get my phone out and call the Italian AA"?
The world keeps changing. Do try to keep up.
One of my favourite quotes (I shoehorn it into quite a lot of presentations - sorry).
An example of the truth of this can be found in a recent blog entry here, by Mark Evanier - writer of the very funny Groo the Wanderer comics, and much else. He listed the technology he used on a recent trip that was not available say 10 years ago. It is an extensive list.
We often don't notice the incremental changes in our world brought about by technology - apart occassionally to laugh at the huge mobile phones that people carry in 80s movies. Or is it 90s movies? We don't notice how the plots of movies have changed because technology means we can send a text message to the Police for help, or something similar. How would the end of The Italian Job have been if Michael Caine's idea had been "I'll get my phone out and call the Italian AA"?
The world keeps changing. Do try to keep up.
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
British Science Festival in Bradford 10-15 September 2011
The British Science Festival is coming to Bradford in September - see here for details.
As PAWA consulting I have no involvement with the Festival, but I think it is important to help promote British Science and Technology. And it is relatively unusual for such events to come to Bradford.
Hopefully this event will gain some good media interest, and attract some kids to science as well as explaining science to interested members of the public.
As PAWA consulting I have no involvement with the Festival, but I think it is important to help promote British Science and Technology. And it is relatively unusual for such events to come to Bradford.
Hopefully this event will gain some good media interest, and attract some kids to science as well as explaining science to interested members of the public.
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