“The Espresso Book Machine is essentially an ATM for books.

Using digital files, it automatically prints, binds, and trims, on demand at point of sale, perfect-bound, library-quality paperback books with full-color covers.

The EBM’s growing digital library includes nearly two million titles.”.

The Flip Mino is a skinnable pocket digital camcorder. Internal Memory: 2GB (60 minutes) Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels Bitrate: 4.0 Mbps (average) Aperture: f/2.4 Fixed focus, digital zoom Dimensions: 100 x 50 x 16 mm Weight: 100 g Price: from $180 (in USA).

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“I currently conduct research for Nokia Design developing new applications, services and products that, if I do my job right, you’ll using 3 to 15 years from now. Pushing technologies on society without thinking through their consequences is at least naive, at worst dangerous, though typically it, and IMHO the people that do it are just boring.”.

“Future Perfect is a pause for reflection in our planet’s seemingly headlong rush to churn out more, faster, smaller and cheaper.”.
(Jan Chipchase)

Above: This Is A Petrol Station, Ho Chi Minh City, detail.

Tata Nano. Length 3,1 m ; width 1,5 m ; height 1,6 m. Metal body, four doors, four seats. Rear engine, 2 cylinder petrol fuel injection, 623 cc, 24 kW (33Hp) Four speed manual transmission. Maximum speed: 105 km/h Fuel economy (combined): 20 km/l Price (in India): from $2500 (Eur 1700).

Above: Tata Nano (Luxury version), at the Auto Expo 2008, New Delhi (from Reuters India).

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The new Asus Eee PC. Processor: Celeron-M 900 MHz Operating System : Xandros Dimensions: 225 x 165 x 35 mm Weight: 920 g Display: 7′LCD TFT RAM: from 256 MB to 1 GB Disk : from 2 to 8 GB Flash memory LAN: 10/100 Mbit Ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless

Price: from $300 to $500 (in USA).
Above: eee with tango for scale, from Flickr.
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