26 Reasons You’ll Love the Future

(from A to Z)

David Berkowitz Chief Marketing Officer, MRY

@dberkowitz / @MRY david.berkowitz@mry.com

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/84617593@N00/112036766 Apple TV, whatever it is, will push things forward on the hardware front – though Google’s $35 Chromecast could potentially make huge trouble for Apple on the lower end

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414078,00.asp A new form of control – including weird stuff like brain controlled cat ears

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www.kiva.org It often leads to a lot of frivolous stuff on sites like Kickstarter & Indiegogo but it’s also a way to fund the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as fund people’s careers

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidberkowitz/8380717721/ Google’s self-driving car is the best known, but state laws are changing, and major automakers like Toyota are building vehicles here. And self-driving features already exist, like automated parking

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Elon_Musk.jpg The entrepreneur of the century? Dreaming big, baby!

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http://instagram.com/p/azJXw6mPBf/ TV no longer the first screen. It’s all about mobile

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http://www.google.com/loon/how/ Google has never been more ambitious. Just look at Project Loon – providing internet access via balloons floating overhead

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http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kite-patch/x/738503 Health tech is such a massive area that can improve people’s lives, increase access to care, lower costs, etc. Note Kite here, a crowdfunded idea that can get rid of mosquitos – now getting ready for a pilot in Uganda. Huge potential impact on avoiding malaria especially if it can be mass produced

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https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience?hc_location=stream Yes, celebrating science is cool – to the tune of 6 million likes so far

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https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts/TcaqNeYJWXo Nuff said?

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Kinect’s motion controls revolutionized gaming. Now devices like Leap expand on this.

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Enough of big data. What’s far more important is finding the few data points and metrics that matter for your goals and for making business decisions

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Mobile wallets are making progress, like with the Walgreens app in Passbook – it’s something where I can use my device instead of bringing the card.

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http://biz.waze.com How precise is targeting getting? Consider Waze, which lets you target people based on where they’re going and precisely where they are

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http://www.hbogo.com/#home/ TV is getting better than ever, especially for consumers with on-demand access increasingly to whatever they want, either for the same as what they were paying before like with HBO Go or for a bit of an added fee (Netflix) or as a replacement.

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www.taskrabbit.com P2P used to be about file sharing. Now it’s about sharing physical goods, or getting services directly from other people. This collaborative/sharing economy is majorly disruptive. Follow Jeremiah Owyang for more - http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/

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http://www.qq.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tencent_QQ.png http://www.tencent.com/en-us/index.shtml QQ – the flagship internet service in China by Tencent – a big sign of China’s increasing importance in the digital media space. The market’s of course highly coveted, but China’s focus is its homegrown services

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http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664919/how-chipotle-made-this-amazing-stop-motion-film-and-made-us-cry#5 Rapid prototyping is best known for 3D printing. But it’s far bigger than that. In just one use case, see the behind-the-scenes for how Chipotle made its famous Back to the Start commercial

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http://pinterest.com/pin/60235713736073291/ Shapeways is one of the most interesting companies in the 3D printing space – a marketplace where anyone can create their own goods that can be personalized and customized and printed on demand from a wide range of materials. This is more of the future.

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http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:119689 Thingiverse: designed for Makerbot users and others. People can upload their designs that anyone can print from 3D printers – and even adapt in their own way. Major copyright issues ahead.

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http://webapps.easy2.com/cm/flash_ext/lowe_index_nologo.asp?page_id=36431990%C2%ACracking=yes http://www.lowes.com/cd_Services_945017324_ Ubiquitous sensors are making it possible for any object to talk to another. The smart home and smart city are essentially here. Consider what Lowes is doing with its Iris system that can connect a range of smart home devices.

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Images Jetsons: http://www.freedom-mobiles.com/blog/3-uses-for-your-tablet/jetsons/ http://www.freedom-mobiles.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/jetsons.jpg Videophones were attempted for decades, and anticipated in the Jetsons. Huzzah! With FaceTime, Google Hangouts, Skype, new apps like Glide, etc – this element of the future is already here

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And Wireless charging. Great news for power consumption – innovative approaches https://myfc.myshopify.com/ http://mashable.com/2012/01/08/powertrekk-offers-unlimited-water-based-gadget-power/ http://www.powertrekk.com/

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http://www.boomlabs.tv/v2/img/portfolio/voila_2.jpg http://www.boomlabs.tv/v2/portfolio_article_voila.html Cross device targeting – something being pushed forward by Blue Cava, Tapad, etc

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Yahoo weather is amazing, as are others in their lineup – this is a great goal of Yahoo’s and great for mobile users

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Because when you’re having so much fun and you’re so energized, it doesn’t feel like work

All together now • Apple TV • Brainwave-controlled devices • Crowdfunding • Driverless cars • Elon Musk • First screen inversion • Google’s just getting started • Health tech saving lives • I Fucking Love Science • Joining Scoble in the shower • Kinect 2.0+ • Little data • Mobile wallet

• Nanotargeting • On-demand access to everything • P2P for goods and services • QQ • Rapid prototyping • Shapeways • Thingiverse • Ubiquitous sensors • Videophones are here • Water-powered batteries • X-device targeting • Yahoo apps on every phone • Zero-hour workweek

David Berkowitz david.berkowitz@mry.com

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