Breakfast Briefing on

The Next ‘Killer Device’

By Zahid Ghadialy

3g4g Wireless Blog & eXplanoTech 23rd May 2012

Simplified Components of the Device

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Input(s) • Keyboard • Screen • Buttons • Camera • Sensor(s)

Output(s) • Screen • Speakers • Projectors

Power Source • Battery • Wireless charging

Software • OS • Sync • Connectivity • Apps

Device form factor

Inputs

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Touch is the most common form of input

Voice is becoming the second most

preferred way

Research on-going on Eye-Tracking

techniques

Very little Exploited

Not Exploited

Vision of future where everything is ‘touchable’

More Information: http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/day-made-of-glass-2-videos-on-vision-of.html

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Multi-touch sensing technique

Source: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/05/disney-research.php

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Other ‘Input’ Concepts

Digital Touch - http://www.psfk.com/2012/05/digitally-touch-people-far-away.html

Phones for the blind - http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/05/201255181728323988.html

Gesture sensing using radio interference - http://www.pcworld.com/article/255310/gesture_sensing_alternatives_use_radio_interference_doppler_effect.html

Scratch Input: Future Input for Mobile Phones – http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/scratch-input-future-input-for-

mobile.html

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Mobiles as ‘Input’ for other devices

Gaming - http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-04/pocket-console

TV Remote Control - http://www.samsung.com/uk/article/turn-your-tv-on-to-a-galaxy-of-remote-possibilities

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Outputs

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Voice and vision has been traditionally

most common form

Research on-going on giving touch

feeling as output

Not Exploited

Research on-going on transmitting

smells

The ‘Second Screen’

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Augmented Reality

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Google Glasses

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More Information: https://plus.google.com/111626127367496192147/posts

Google Glasses – Take Two

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TV to Wallpaper and vice-versa

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More Information: http://dvice.com/archives/2012/05/surfaces-concep.php

Telehuman: ‘3D’ hologram

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Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/life-size-3d-hologram-like-telepods-may.html

Transmission of ‘Smell’

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More Info: http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/adding-new-dimensions-to-future-phones.html

Form Factor

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Flexible Screens

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More Info: http://smarthouse.com.au/TVs_And_Large_Display/Industry/M9X8C7V8

Augmenting Devices

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An example would be the ‘Pebble Wristwatch’ that can run apps and can control other devices or can also be controlled by it.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/07/pebble-wristwatch-email-apps

Connected Car

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More Information: http://www.ngconnect.org/program/connected-car.htm

Form Factor Concept – ‘Shape Shifting’

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More Information: http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/shape-shifting-future-of-mobile-phone.html

Power

Solar powered case - http://www.psfk.com/2012/04/ipad-solar-power-case.html

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Inductive Charging (Qi) - http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/20/wpc-updates-qi-standard-increasing-inductive-charging-distance/

USB Fuel Cell - http://afr.com/f/free/technology/digitallife/iphone_battery_life_solved_ish_OA4PNkPvW8V4gAoTDhBYiL

More research going on to have smaller batteries last longer, charge quicker

Software

Cloud for Storage and Execution

Interoperable Apps and content – probably based on HTML5

Device synchronisation – Cross platform service continuity

Multi-screen content

Connected Home and Home Area Networks

Proximity based operations

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Future Concepts

Augmented Future - http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/augmented-future.html

Video on Vision of Future - http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/video-on-vision-of-future.html

The Social Web of things - http://3g4g.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/video-social-web-of-things.html

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