Thoughts on life“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use.” — Steve Jobs  0

mobileuser interfacesToday I have been judge in the international innovation competition Idea to Product. It’s been interesting to listen to early stage ideas ranging from from paint that can function as light sources (or, to put it differently, light sources that can be painted on a wall) to mobile eye tracking from Danish Senseye. Eye tracking  Comments Off

Augmented realityJust brilliant. I am very interested in how to combine real-life and virtual experiences into a great service experience and although I haven’t been able to try this one out myself it sure looks like a brilliant idea. The consumers can use time they normally waste on waiting to buy their groceries. The only problem  Comments Off

GeolocationThe possibilities with location based computing, or geolocation, is just mind-boggling. If you think that it is equivalent to Foursquare or Facebook Places (or if you just thought “What the heck is Foursquare”), then check out the capabilities of ToothTag, an ingenious app that uses BlueTooth, Wifi and NFC technologies to allow the user to trigger an alert, drop a pin on a virtual map, or check-in on social sites when a tagged object moves closer or further away. These are just a few examples of what is possible.  Comments Off

The art of the startNo business plan survives the first encounter with the market. Not a single one. Therefore, always test the market viability of your business idea before you start developing it. The best proof and risk reduction for your startup is to get a customer to invest or at least sign a contract before you invest heavily in R&D. And it need not be expensive. Check out this excellent presentation from LaunchBit!  Comments Off