Gadget Singularity: Let’s Ditch Our Buttons and Screens Forever
The past decade’s march towards better gadgets shows a trend line pointing towards ultra powerful gadgets with UIs so seamless, they make Macs look like a punchcard computers. But if you think about it, we-not hardware-are the limitation.
Besides processing power, price and battery life improvements, our preferences for gadgets and the direction of those desires point towards three things: Richer displays, more seamless inputs and smaller packages-the first two being in direct conflict with the last. Looking at where we’ve been and where we are, I don’t think we can keep pursuing these goals without going gadget prosthetic.
