Yi-Tan Weekly Tech Call #
361
2012-02-21
(Tuesday
)(Monday is President's Day, so our call will be Tuesday. Please note also our new dial-in number, a permanent change.)
The smartphone in your pocket, the inkjet printer tucked in your bookcase and the huge, thin, bright, flat display in your media room were but dreams forty years ago, yet so many people have them today that we practically take them for granted. Did I mention the phone probably has GPS, HD video recording, five sensors and three or four radios?
Recently other dream-world technologies have been riding cost and progress curves into daily use, such as:
- Multiparty Video: Google+'s Hangouts now feature an "on Air" live streaming capability
- 3D Printing: an 83-year-old woman received a 3D-printed jaw
- Gene Sequencing: Oxford Nanopore has developed a one-use USB gene sequencer
With Coburn Ventures' Dan Sigler, let's discuss:
- What will each of these technologies bring? Any big hopes? Misgivings?
- How do individuals and markets internalize new magical technologies?
- When do you know magic is mainstream? Then what happens?
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