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Just read about an experiment of Starbuck’s – in Seattle and the Silicon Valley, you can buy with your iPhone…
This is greatly leveraged technology – same as the soda machine that was standing in Basel a couple of years ago, where you could by your coke by sending an SMS. It’s time to let go of good old money – at least, of coins and paper….
Also, this ties back neatly to the stories I have read in recent days about augmented reality (e. g. over at smashing magazine) – we are at the edge of a new time…. and it’s important to leverage these things for the better for all of humanity.
We are already seeing new media breaking down barriers; Twitter did not (yet) bring Ahmadinejad to fall – but almost so; Wikipedia has not (yet) helped to push general education to the next level – but it is in its start position; facebook might be dangerous in terms of privacy and terms of conditions, but at the same time, the social control can actually get better with these things… imagine SOMEONE would have paid attention to the announcements of the suicide killer in Winnenden…
Technology CAN actually lead to a better society – and the iPhone used to pay in Starbucks is just a simple example how we are converging… it’s time to be optimistic, go out and change the world!
