Enchanted Objects: Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology

Mirrors influence our sense of self—and self-consciousness.

an I/O Bulb (I/O for input/output) that can project information on anything: paper, walls, tables, ceilings, and so on, creating what we refer to as digital “

to be minimalist markers and become workday assistants?

An augmented mirror, however, with interactive capability, could enable you to see an identity that you are actualizing. A social capacity could let you share this self with others.

What possible services could signs provide besides static labels and directions? What can be done to augment signs so they cease

What amplified abilities and superpowers do real people crave today? Noise-cancellation technology to drown out the din of the world so we can concentrate better. The ability to detect free Wi-Fi zones and their bandwidth. A mechanism to turn off the annoying TV at an airport or jam the cell phone signal of a yappy fellow traveler. In a cacophonous

You won’t know when and if other people are accessing and referring to the same information that you are,

It’s important for technologists to understand this desire to have superhuman powers and extraordinary abilities,

Enchanted objects: ordinary things made extraordinary.