Author Archives: riaz

In the images of poverty from around the world often we see young children plastered against car windows begging for alms. For those that have experiences this in person, the hands raised, bleating voices, afflictions and affectations, it’s a difficult world to navigate with an untouched mind or body. But there’s another here as well [...]

Imagine a hat that could be aware of the environment it was placed in. As you put it on it would readjust itself in response to the surrounding conditions. . If it was raining the rim would contour give make sure no rain got on to your back. If the sun increased the rim would [...]

Imagine a world where location awareness was as affordable and small as a RFID tag. At 50 cents a piece, always aware location sensors would start entering the market en mass. Anyone could easily be aware of the location of anything or anyone else. . People might start putting GPS aware technology in wedding bands [...]

Imagine a place where our environments were not designed with color and texture in mind but instead with wind as the central focus. . Would you step into a meeting room where stuffiness was be deliberately designed, or perhaps a child’s room where little puffs of air created a playful environment. Would smells replace colors as [...]

September 15th, 2040. My alarm clock decides that this would be a good moment to wake me up. It has sensed that I am within the correct moment in my circadian rhythm and gently indicates I should get my day started with a soft vibration. I yawn and with a snap and pop stand up [...]