Gadgetory

Oh there's wine there's cheese there are cute little appetizers this is not just an ordinary conference here at leweb and it's not just about coming to Paris to eat and drink the future of technology is being discussed here and the trend is as always all connected all the time the concept here at leweb 2012 and the electronics world in general is the Internet of Things as smart thing CTO Jeff Hagen's put it on stage the entire world is becoming programmable this conference is about showing off some of those programmable things so I'm going to actually use the smartthings app which everybody here at leweb can see let's actually turn on the Christmas lights from here there we go so that looks great Jessie but I think it'll look even better if I turned off the overhead lights so I'm going to do that as well as you can see this is so much more than just like a remote control ball this is a robotic gaming system I must have been tired to a story know where we make the Nest Learning Thermostat it basically it's a thermostat but redesigned totally to be connected to the internet and to provide new functions and features to provide the best comfort but energy savings as well and it can really bring those features only through being an internet-connected device oh we're going on a date so I'm taking to a restaurant and I can see the restaurant menu here so I can select my item that I want to order okay and order some frozen solid a yeah and I can order some champagne as well and then yeah I think yeah debate orbiter to davido's quickly this is the best service we're going to happen oh come on give me 10 minutes you in the future are connected devices will in theory let us live lives that are more convenient and much more personalized we can connect the real world on the internet and you walk into a retail shop and they know what sizes you have they know what you like they know what not to show you you will have a better shopping experience and that's about taking frictional and actually making retailers do what they do best which is giving you a good customer service now we can take all the friction of paying out to that which is what we're showing here it's even better experience so they need to carry my wallet full of loyalty cards vouchers coupons credit cards I just walk in you know it's me and today we're talking mostly about phones and tablets in the future who knows what devices will communicate with each other and what those devices will look like but increasingly we won't just have one two three four screens around us will actually have 10 20 30 40 things that we have around us on us smaller things lighter things closer to the body that also have sensors but they won't be the full purpose multi-purpose they won't do a hundred things they'll do a few things really really well we're device agnostic so you know moment everything's mobile mobile because frankly they're cool and very easy to work with but in the future you'll be talking to TV or moon and we might even get the internet fridge maybe but everything that's on the internet everything is connected by IP can do eh PA system say everything from your home appliances to the scale in your bathroom at paris-based winning it's all about using your data to help yourself so this scale can work both in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in this case we are just in in bluetooth so yes it just arrived now so this is the last measurement time it's 75 dot something kilogram and so it will be added maker you can see it Wow so for example it's my white girl for the last four years and you see there is a periodic variation during summer animal December not everyone is convinced that every device needs to be connected though or that all of these connections are coming anytime soon I think that if you look at it there are only certain devices that shouldn't you should and could be connected to the internet but those things take time for the customers that to adapt to and to understand now you said only something should be connected what kinds of things do you think should not be connected to well you look at a lot of things does your stove need to be connected really it absolutely needs to be painting to text it and tell it to turn on cuz I'm making dinner for a party exactly but it was dinner in the stove no but it's free heating yeah the preheating is not a bad thing do you need a toilet to be connected to the to the Internet maybe for health reasons maybe maybe but the question is not remember my implants I mean all those really I'm gonna bring it on camp well I'll let you be dere an adapter I will wait how close are we to using them to this this kind of pipe dream of me that really truly connected internet of things I think we're farther away than people think I mean there are more smart devices on the plan today than there are humans so in terms of the devices that are there everywhere but but having them all connect together and work on might be happy know people talk about hey I want my stuff everywhere look if you buy a Windows Phone you buy windows pc and windows tablet you can get it across those the refrigerator that's a different story you know I might have to work with the home automation people in terms of how back you know even if the data is in the cloud it's another device so i think we're closer than we've ever been i think it's a journey and I think we're you know part way down that journey and it'll continue to go forward so it's not next year all of a sudden magic or is it connecting the world in a seamless easy and personal way is tricky yes it involves companies working together radical new device and interface designs and there will be serious privacy and security hurdles to overcome but that doesn't mean you can't get a glimpse into the future and your own mind today so the muse is a force sensor brainwave headband it's actually able to sense your brain activity and give you feedback so that you can play games directly with your mind as well as improve your mental abilities in the far future this is going to be a tool that allows you to do things like control the lighting in your home or your automated phone system or your you know your phone system your phone or your home system or your car directly with your mind so the long-term future is actually allowing us to interact with devices in the world in really smart ways that are able to support you because they know something about you we really like a far future do you mean far far because I'm kind of excited about that how far are we talking I mean you would have thought that a mind-control headset of any form would be science fiction even a few years ago and I think there are people who think that now right who would hear that thing with a kitty you know so we're already in an exciting future we are already in the future I love it I love it