The new hardware era - what's it all about?
Created for rish who asked: "I’ve been curious about ‘hardware era’ resurgence in the next few years… things like e-readers, headsets, printers, walkmans, corded electronics, mini-devices, etc."
The new hardware era - what's it all about?
“You're basically cramming all of these materials to build what we would've thought of as a supercomputer 10 years ago into the frame of glasses that are about five millimeters thick. … We tend to really celebrate things that are big, right? But I actually think miniaturizing things and getting a supercomputer to fit into a pair of glasses is... See more
Casey Newton • 🚨 Mark in the metaverse
When people ask, “why do we need new hardware?” The answer is quite simple...
It’s because we aren’t done figuring out how we can interact with computers. The optimist knows that it is worth searching for new land, because if we discover it, the other side is expanded opportunity.
It’s because we aren’t done figuring out how we can interact with computers. The optimist knows that it is worth searching for new land, because if we discover it, the other side is expanded opportunity.
In Search of New Software Cultures
Analogizing the current era in tech with the recent, software-dominated era is a mistake.
A much better analogy would be the Second Industrial Revolution in America, the Gilded Age when entrepreneurs built businesses using every new technological tool at their disposal to pull humanity to a new level of prosperity and became unbelievably rich in... See more
A much better analogy would be the Second Industrial Revolution in America, the Gilded Age when entrepreneurs built businesses using every new technological tool at their disposal to pull humanity to a new level of prosperity and became unbelievably rich in... See more
Better Tools, Bigger Companies
One result of all this attention to e-waste and supply chains is that examples of non-Western improvisation are now often adapted, appropriated, or fetishized in the West. Designers and artists express fascination with “informal” and “entrepreneurial” design practices, or with favela “bricolage” and marginalized “maker” cultures. This can lead to... See more
Places Journal • Maintenance and Care
AI Hardware is experimental & it’s okay!
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Another project that recently caught my eye is the USB club .
The USB was a breakthrough in computer data transfer, but today it’s the cloud storage that rules. The club project isn’t about inventing a new type of flash drive. Instead, it repurposes the USB core idea and turns it into a vehicle for a file exchange bazaar, or as its website says, “ a... See more
The USB was a breakthrough in computer data transfer, but today it’s the cloud storage that rules. The club project isn’t about inventing a new type of flash drive. Instead, it repurposes the USB core idea and turns it into a vehicle for a file exchange bazaar, or as its website says, “ a... See more
Itay Dreyfus • What’s the Future of AI Hardware?
Another option is to reverse this, by offering hardware as a complement to an existing software business