Word: smart
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HIGH-TECH COMOUFLAGE Smart materials will instantly change uniform patterns and colors. A special system will project 360[degree] false images, making the soldier invisible...
...future, a soldier will wear a smart uniform, a smart helmet, smart boots and a belt pack carrying his own heating and cooling system as well as a power generator. Instead of hauling bulky rations, he will get nutrients through a transdermal patch and drink water from a pack on his back...
...workers' paradise look and feel like? Well, for starters, technology will be "invisible but unavoidable," as Bob Arko of industrial designer IDEO puts it. The tangled cables that snake through every office, for instance, should disappear, replaced by wireless systems that zap voice, data and video through the air. Smart materials could make any surface or gadget feel like wood one day and metal the next. Intelligent chairs might conform perfectly to your posture, giving you a much needed back rub in the process. Embedded systems and biometric, body-sensing technology will enable every piece of hardware, from cell phones...
...walk into the building like you own the place," says Mark Smith, manager of appliance platforms at H-P Labs. When you arrive at work, you could simply stroll through a secure, smart door and listen as your desktop virtual assistant reads aloud your schedule for the day. The temperature and lighting will adjust automatically to your preferences. Though we probably won't attain the mythical paperless office, there will likely be less of the messy stuff lying about, thanks to high-tech, rewritable parchment. And forget about typing: sophisticated voice recognition will let you tell your PC what...
...practical as the paperless office. In late 1997, two New York City banks tried an experiment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They spent millions installing special digital-cash-card machines in all kinds of retail sites--hairdressers, retail stores, even taxicabs. Then they distributed--for free--smart digital cards. Surely, if digital cash was this easy to use, people would stop using the green stuff. Wrong. It was just too hard to change people's habits. When it comes to cash, people don't want gimmicks. They want something that is universally accepted, convenient and easy. Bank researchers...