Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology

future interactions with machines and services will be ever more infused with personality and that we will increasingly form relationships with these devices,

It’s important for technologists to understand this desire to have superhuman powers and extraordinary abilities,

I want the computer-human interface to be an empowering and positive experience—to minimize the interruption, annoyance, and distraction of our so-called smartphones and glass-faced tablets.

The screen is a blunt instrument.

The information the barometer had to offer could be ascertained with a quick look—it was glanceable. The device was polite, Zen-simple, and never intimidating. The object was dedicated to a single task of information delivery, located in one never-changing place in the house, quietly waiting to do its job. And it did so without the need for updates

an I/O Bulb (I/O for input/output) that can project information on anything: paper, walls, tables, ceilings, and so on, creating what we refer to as digital “

Mirrors influence our sense of self—and self-consciousness.

to be minimalist markers and become workday assistants?

When danger approaches, Sting glows blue, anticipating its own need and use.

The lack of objects has had an icy effect on us. Human relationships, too, have become more transactional, sharply punctuated, thin and curt.