📅 June 5, 2009

Crocodile Keyboard: Wacky Touchscreen Keyboard

British inventor submited a patent application for a wacky touchscreen keyboard design/

From time to time, you hear of other people than Apple that actually invent something and submit a pentent for their babies. I dont think Apple actually invented something, because for example the iPod was invented in 1979 by Kane Kramer and the iPhone was pretty much “predicted” in 1984 by Nicholas Negroponte (or at least the the touchscreen interface.)

Let’s talk today of another British inventor, who has submitted a patent application for a wacky touchscreen keyboard design which, he claims, could spell the end for accidental key presses.David Baker’s Crocodile Keyboard is so named because its keys are shaped like the reptile’s sharp teeth.

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📅 March 26, 2009

Cool New Things You Can Do With Your Mobile Phone

Mid December last year, i presented you1984 Prediction of iPhone’s Touchscreen Interface a brilliant speech of Nicholas Negroponte from TED ( you really should check it out ).In a comment on that particular post i said that TED talks is one of the reasons im glad im able to surf the internet. And it’s is true. There are some amzing, phenomenal ( pick adjective ) speeches there. If you didnt check it out already, you waste bandwith. Tonight , browsing TED.com , i found a speech of David Pogue from December last year, but posted this month.


David Pogue is a technology writer, journalist and commentator. He is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, an Emmy-winning tech correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, and weekly tech correspondent for CNBC.On top of all that, on every speach he made me laugh to tears. In this talk rounds up some handy cell phone tools and services that can boost your productivity and lower your bills (and your blood pressure).

If you live in US , to watch this video is a MUST and if you dont , to watch this video will be a pleasure. Just click the button, pop the video in full screen ,enjoy David’s talk, and learn some new stuff. ( dont worry, iPhone included in the speech )

📅 December 28, 2008

1984 Prediction of iPhone’s Touchscreen Interface

Speaker : Nicholas Negroponte

Who is : The founder of the MIT Media Lab, Nicholas Negroponte pushed the edge of the information revolution as an inventor, thinker and angel investor. Now he’s the driving force behind One Laptop per child project.

Video : With surprising accuracy, Nicholas Negroponte predicts what will happen with CD-ROMs, web interfaces, service kiosks, the touchscreen interface of the iPhone and his own One Laptop per Child project.