Future

This week on MSDN Radio we talk with Rocky Lhotka, a Regional Director, author, and keynote presenter on technologies and how to do things right. See what's new, what's old, and what to look for as we dive into patterns, practices, and practical insight and find out what you need to know about the…

KNFB Reader CEO Ray Kurzweil joined me to talk about the state of e-reading and show us a demo of Blio. Blio is a WPF reading application and bookstore that reads XPS files. They've taken it a step beyond by creating a reader that can match a book to spoken text, play…

KNFB Reader CEO Ray Kurzweil joined me to talk about the state of e-reading and show us a demo of Blio. Blio is a WPF reading application and bookstore that reads XPS files. They've taken it a step beyond by creating a reader that can match a book to spoken text, play embedded…

By now you've probably seen Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision video, also known as the 2019 video. But why does Microsoft make envisioning videos? What's the process? Is it all vapor or are we really going to see some of these things in upcoming products? I met with Director of Envisioning, Ian…

By now you've probably seen Microsoft's Productivity Future Vision video, also known as the 2019 video. But why does Microsoft make envisioning videos? What's the process? Is it all vapor or are we really going to see some of these things in upcoming products? I met with Director of Envisioning, …

If you’ve seen the movie Minority Report, then you definitely remember the scene where Tom Cruise is interacting with a semi-transparent upright computer screen using only his glove-encased hands. Although we’re not quite there yet, we’ve been making progress – Microsoft Surface being one example.…

Want to see the tablet PC of the future? I just came across a video where Microsoft’s Jonathan Cluts demonstrates a prototype of new tablet PC technology, designed with the needs of today’s college students in mind. In the video, Cluts, the Director of Strategic Prototyping, is demonstrating how a…

Mark Pesce, Futurist and Inventor, gave a thought-provoking keynote on a Twitter+Wikipedia Future.The socially, hyper-connected revolution we are living through will have significant impact on the future. Not only of our social, after-hours work lives: but also within the cube-farm.Watch the…

Imagine (if you will) a visionary, a leader, a true artist with his sights on the future. Well, this is Josh Harris. Known as the Warhol of webcasting, his latest creation allows anyone on the net to be a director of their own internet show. I was fortunate enough to work with Josh in my fledgling…

As E.O. Wilson said in his wish at TED this year, “It will quickly pay for itself in practical applications…It will transform the science of biology in ways of obvious benefit to humanity.” It in this case is the Encyclopedia of Life, a new mission to catalog the countless species of our planet.…