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Enchanted Objects

Enchanted Objects

By David Rose

Innovation, Design, and the Future of Technology. Scribner, 2014.

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12 Key insights

A brief summary of Enchanted Objects

An illuminating vision of humanity’s relationship with technology and a guide to creating and developing products that are needed, valued, and relevant to future shifts in how we connect with computers.

Key insights in Enchanted Objects

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What do you get from this book? Conceptual insights into humanity’s evolving relationship with technological devices and products
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The future of technology in enchanted objects is a new type of interface that replaces slow, centralized screen interactions
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There are four interweaving futures of next generational technology: screens, prosthetics, social robots, and enchanted objects
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An enchanted object must satisfy a basic human drive or it will become obsolete
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Enchanted objects have roots in the fictional and mythical objects we love
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Enchanted objects interact with several senses and have unique abilities not found in current screen-based products
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You can take any ordinary object and enhance it using a progressive ladder of enchantment
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Our future will have enchanted systems with thousands of objects that work harmoniously to improve our lives
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Emerging trends highlight some of the areas where enchanted objects can have the greatest impact
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Enchanted Objects

Futurists • software engineers • designers • technologists • business analysts • anyone curious about the future of computing

About the author of Enchanted Objects

David Rose is a senior lecturer at the MIT Media Lab and a serial entrepreneur, with five successful technology ventures. He holds the first patent for online photo sharing and works as a futurist at EPAM Continuum developing new products using AI and VR platforms. His work has been published in WIRED, The New York Times, and The Economist.

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