I guess you can’t really write a blog about technology without some references to popular science fiction, and as no science fiction title is more popular than Star Trek, I’ve previously discussed here the “enterprise edition” of teleportation and the holodeck. But from the vast repertoire of technologies that science fiction (and Star Trek) offered us along the years, none has been as seductive – to me, at least – as the universal translator. This fictional device, first described in
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | April 9th, 2009 | Filed under Innovation, Video Conferencing
“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future…” ~ Niels Bohr Predicting the future is a very difficult business, and I’m not talking Nostradamus-like prophecies here. I’m talking about tech companies looking a couple of years ahead, trying to predict what the next big thing is, what technology advances will be available, what will we be able to do then and will it be worth anything. Such predictions are vital for a tech company if it wants to stay successful.
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | February 2nd, 2009 | Filed under Innovation
Some guys have all the fun. And so while I was busy moving offices, Tsahi went to Vegas for CES. And while he was walking the floors, I was getting my ear cleaned. But I have decided that staying in the office while others party at CES won’t stop me from writing my own impressions of the show, even I was a few thousand kilometers away from it. So biting on Tsahi’s take-away left-overs, here’s my CES from-a-far impressions:
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | January 26th, 2009 | Filed under Innovation
As a result of my “Clash of the VC Titans” mini-series I have receive some questions on what telepresence REALLY is. To some, it’s Telepresence, a product made famous by Cisco, comprising of multi-camera, multi-codec, multi-screen, fancy-shmancy meeting rooms allowing people to communicate in high definition over dedicated networks. To others, its telepresence, a term used to describe a user experience where people can collaborate in a high fidelity, highly interactive session, with audio and video technologies that allow a
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | November 18th, 2008 | Filed under Telepresence, Video Conferencing
Taking the risk of shamelessly promoting a commercial site, I stand tall (1.98cm) while I say it loud: I LOVE Flickr! I’ve been a proud Flickr member since 2005, when my kid was born and my good friend and Yahoo! Research Berkley member Mor introduced me to it for the first time. Technology and Experience Flickr is the one of the ultimate examples of a successful coupling between experience and technology. The technology used in Flickr! is not unique
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By Sagee Ben-Zedeff | March 27th, 2008 | Filed under Innovation, Video Applications
