Recently, however, a conference of physicists and space-flight technologists met in Princeton and came up with what may be the ultimate answer for those who would escape the human congestion of this world.
So the question became: how can the medium of SMS be gently subverted to challenge alienation and misunderstanding in text communications, and to free up some mental space?" Working with the technologist Chris Allick, Ahern began creating a project called When I Think About You I Text Myself to create a "relational intervention" in the text messaging medium.
Dr. Ed Friedman, chief technologist for civil space for the Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colo., said the approach simply meant trying to do more with the same resources.
This feature is particularly useful when the device is used with an electrode cap, or in a setting such as the emergency department where time and space constraints may limit a technologist's ability to achieve and maintain low electrode impedances throughout the recording.
The benefits from this project are situated in the core goal of an innovation lab in that it provides a collaborative space for engaging young people, technologists, and those in government, private sector, and civil society in problem-solving.
But while "the science is relatively easy" for such a project, said John Mankins, the chief technologist for NASA's space flight division, "the engineering is really, really hard, orders and orders bigger and more challenging than anything anyone's done before".
In fact, technologist, angel investor, and space privatization advocate Esther Dyson says it's only "the end of the beginning" and that private companies like Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos Blue Originn, and Xcor will fill in the gap.
"The future is about being there, albeit virtually – fusing the real and the digital spaces," adds Martin Hollywood, lead creative technologist at Razorfish London.
BURUNDI UNICEF Burundi Innovation Lab is a creative space bringing children and young people, technologists, academics, business experts and policymakers together to unlock some of the greatest challenges facing Burundi's children.
At the event I'll be referencing several key examples from our online space, myShakespeare, where we commissioned artists, poets, technologists, coders, writers, musicians and students to create new work that interpreted Shakespeare online.
