Posts relating to my novel SMART.
via Dangerous Things’ xNT: a personal NFC chip in your hand | Technology | theguardian.com.
The video on the Guardian site offers more insight on how to open doors and unlock your phone with this life-threatening device. Personally a key and a swipe suit me fine at the moment.
I confess I felt a little queasy after clicking through this list of Clerkenwell entrepreneurs.
Meet the stars of Tech City | Technology | theguardian.com.
Surprising the number of entrepreneurs whose enterprise is to supply other entrepreneurs. For the rest it’s all tech and talent with fusions and mindfulness tossed in for a collision of supportive neighbourhood colour. Add to that a community and a scene and you have the perfect – something.
But perhaps it’s too easy to be cynical and mistype mistake the hype hope for hype hope. Apparently they’re changing the world.
CNET: Wearable tech that makes you smarter. http://google.com/producer/s/CBIw5q-SkgE
Might make you smarter but sadly you don’t really look smarter wearing one of these. Perhaps you’d put one on, give yourself a little buzz and, now a little bit smarter, look at yourself and say “No” – and take it off.
After a while the smartness wears off and you put it on again . . . .