Arduino, in use.
Everything is getting digitized. Digital TVs, refrigerators, washing machines — all get newly made and thrown away.
Imagine if, instead, you grafted (connected) the device onto most analog objects so they could be controlled through a smartphone.
With just power (battery) and internet, you could control specific functions of that connected object via the device we're going to develop.
The point we get from this is not just user control or digitization.
The ultimate aim is that through this we can digitize everything currently analog — going beyond IT. Everything.
(The following overlaps heavily in concept and direction with the next-generation device section.)
1) Attach it to a book, and watch a video inside the book.
2) Through a bathroom mirror, see tweets, news, and other information.
3) Through a window, see today's or tomorrow's weather.
4) Through the wall of the home, watch a movie.
5) Through glasses or a car's front windshield, see another driver's speed and status.
6) Connect it to clothing to see your body temperature, pulse, or blood pressure.
I expect effects from combining with Arduino's custom-editing techniques.
Standardize (like a 110V adapter).
Mass-produce.
Simple setup (just connect it).
Apply to specific products (a multi-plug you can control from your phone when out).
Baseline: internet (IP) functionality, Wi-Fi (OR 3G).
