Michell Zappa

Solving problemsthat don’t (yet) exist.

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InevitabilityEfficiency ComplexityInherence

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES

INHERENCETechnology wants to be part of us.

“ Anything useful thatwe make is technology.

— Kevin Kelly Founding executive editor, WIRED Magazine

EFFICIENCYTechnology wants to be faster.

SPEEDCOST

RAM SSD MbpsCPU × FSB

2008

2012

COMPLEXITYTechnology creates itself out of itself.

XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-Fi

Internet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUIGlonass

SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPA

MMS IPS SIM NFC GesturesLED

Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTE

USB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMALightning

Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE Triangulation

NiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyroscope802.11

XMPP GPS Email LED Wi-FiInternet Compass Multi-touch QWERTY GUIGlonass

SMS TFT-LCD Bluetooth LCD HSDPAMMS IPS SIM NFC GesturesLED

Video camera Li-Ion App store Social networking LTEUSB TCP/IP Cloud GSM CDMALightning

Video camera RAM Proximity sensor EDGE TriangulationNiMH Kernel A-GPS Touchscreens Gyroscope802.11

INEVITABILITYIf it is possible, it is necessary.

AI

Nanotech Ubicomp

Biotech

Manufacturing

“SCI-FI SCAFFOLDING”

Faces & smiles

Ubiquity

Facial recognition

Object recognition

Computation

“UBICAM”

Knows where you areKnows who you are withKnows what to focus onKnows what matters to you

Records & publishes automatically.

“UBICAM”

“UBICAM”

“UBICAM”

Ubiquity

Facial recognition

Object recognition

Computation

#1: “BUILT IN TIME”

CONTOUR CRAFTING

REPRAP

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

Built rapidlyAdapted to the terrainAutonomouslyDistributed

#2: “EXTENDED SENSES”

Cognitive Threat Warning System

Mind-reading neuroprostheticsMicroscopic flying robotsCognitive threat identification

#3: “DIY ARMY”

DIY weaponsDIY dronesDIY surveillanceAnonymous transactions

#3: “DIY ARMY”#2: “EXTENDED SENSES”#1: “BUILT IN TIME”

Solving problemsthat don’t (yet) exist.

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