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The LA Times's recent failed experiment in encouraging consumers to use a Wiki to add their input is an interesting one. The problem was that profanity got the better of the Wiki. However, the newspaper acknowledges that consumers added a lot of good content in addition to the profanity.So before...
Technology has long been blamed for isolating us from the outside world, as we move around in our own personal bubbles. This maybe the case for many of us, but a few enterprising innovators are aiming to use technology to help us interact and engage with our city environments in interesting ways....
This is a great post by Craig Barrack about the problem of wireless content. He suggests the wireless providers have major problems selling anything outside of their top 10 lists of content (ringtones and games). Craig suggests that wireless providers should adopt better and deeper segmentation of...
For years, a number of Western technology giants promised to bring low-cost computing to the developing world. However, It was an Indian organization, funded with a government grant of just $630,000, that's created a personal computer for the masses.The computer is very simple, runs Linux not...
Influx was fortunate enough to spend the day at 050505 learning about some of the latest developments in new media thinking. We heard a number of fantastic presentations including:Eric Paulos of Intel talking about a vision for new city-based technologies and the world's most expensive trash can....
While Motorola has captured most of the recent "buzz" with its beautifully designed Razr phones, Nokia struck back in the race yesterday with phones that focused more on function than design. Nokia's new Nseries makes the multi-media phone a reality. Designed for the top-end of the market, the...
Trent Reznor, of Nine Inch Nails fame, has just made the Garageband files of his latest single available for all. This isn't simply about giving away the track to play with, but all the musical elements. This means anyone with a Mac and Garageband can remix the track or take elements from it and...
Nielsen recently conducted a survey on the video game market. Nielsen's two major findings were; men now spend more money on games, than music and that 25% of gamers are now over 40 years of age. This is all further evidence of the massification of video gaming, which is now a $10billion...
Why do we think personal computing and driving a car are incompatible? Because we assume that interfacing a PC requires visual attention. But as entertainment companies push toward in-car hard-drives for GPS systems and streaming media, other providers are bound to convert this in-car hard-drive...
In the new multi-media, fast paced, content driven world of wireless, carriers are putting all their money into the pursuit of brand name content from the Hollywood studios, games companies and record labels. 3G is an expensive enough technology to implement, without the added burden of having...
There appears to be a massive disconnect between the sizzle and glamour that often surrounds the launch of a new wireless handset and the comparatively mundane experience of shopping for a phone at the mall. The wireless carriers seem to have successfully drained any emotion out of the shopping...
People spend hours waiting in line for the "walkman of the C21st". People waiting for the PSP in Tokyo December 14th, 2004 Everything you need to know about the PSP Gamespot's PSP center PSP on NPR Nintendo's strategy Previous Influx pieces on the PSP: Sony comes back to attack Apple (Feb...
MIT, in collaboration with TIAX, has created a mock-condo research center filled with sensors and cameras to track and record the behavior of its live-in volunteers. This new approach to research is undoubtedly the first of a wave of such created environments, in which all variables can be...
Saddle up to the bar at the new, ultra-mod W Hotel Seoul in Walker Hill and you'll find more than a killer mojito. You've just stumbled onto an opportunity for creative expression. (Other than using your best pick-up line.) At arms reach along the sleek 50-foot bar are several small LCD flat...
A battle for the future of handheld entertainment is coming. Sony looks set to make a big come back in March with two major launches that attack Apple's iPod on two fronts. Firstly with the PSP handheld gaming device attacking the video front and then with the launch of the Walkman series of...