9 innovations for 2007
What will be the top innovations of this year? Business 2.0 made a list and Extend Limits a selection from it.
We see a lot a lists of new and upcoming innovations for 2007. We made a selection of the 15 most interesting innovations for 2007 from Business 2.0. Additions are welcome.
- USB cuts the cable
More than 2 billion USB peripherals are now in the world. Eight of them are in my living room :-). But in the near future we don't have to connect fysical with our pc's because a new global standard is on the horizon. It is called wireless USB (WUSB). PC companies begin to incorporating WUSB into their machines next year. WUSB is easier to connect, faster and use less power than Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. WUSB-enabled pc's are able to support for about 127 connected devices simultaneously. This is the beginning of the end of cables.
- Chumby, the open-source and web 2.0 alarm clock
The Chumbyis the first web 2.0 device. Chumby Industries, founded by a group of programmers and game-console hacker Andrew Huang, made it easy to develop for Chumby. It is open source so the applications for Chumby will be unlimited. It launches in the spring and has with free service and has an array of downloadable widgets (hacker-created). So wake up with Google News, your latest photos from your friends' from Flickr or a new remote control for the TV.
- TV better en slimmer
We know plasma and LCD but the new innovation from Canon and Toshiba brings us SED-TV. surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) gives us the slim design form LCD and Plasma and the quality of the 'old fashioned' television.
- Ad-free news
The Real News">The Real News brings us ad-free news from a global network of correspondents paid for by viewers instead of the advertisers? The idea is from Independent World Television. They believe that $250,000 in viewer subscriptions will let the channel break even. Important will be the contributions from the best of the blogosphere. The real news will launch in November for 58 million households.
- Apple's ITV
The Iphone will be released this year and many predict that 2007 will also be the year of the ITV. The ITV will be revolutionary for the TV industry. I hardly can't wait.
- Solar panels slim down
Energy is a also a hot topic. New technology made it possible to produce thin-film solar panels. These panels are flexible and can be printed on sheets. This makes it possible to add solar panels to your windows without being visible. Honda, Sharp, and Energy Conversion Devices (pictured) are all building production facilities to make the film.
- Enviga
Our health is the most important thing and many companies are investiganting how to produce products that are good for our health. Coca Cola and Nestlé work together on a green tea Enviga that burns more calories than it contains. Soon it will be in our stores.
- Mobile gambling
Gambling via your mobile. With initiatives from The Venetian is will be soon be available on your mobile. Full story Wired
- Pleo
Just look at the YouTube clip. Breakthrough in intelligent toys. It is Pleo. It is a dinosaur stuffed with 38 sensors to pick up motion, light, touch, and sound.