This is a blog about emerging technology, new gadgets and future culture
Written by Brian Northway
Thursday, December 27, 2007
UPDATE:
These are the Future Shock Archives. For current Future Shock posts, please visit:
techrestore.com/blog
Enjoy!
Friday, December 21, 2007
Free Macworld Expo Passes!
 Once again, Macworld Expo is looming, are we are hustling to put on a good show. Get a FREE PASS and come see us at booth number S-845 (in the main hall, towards the left, on the side opposite the entrance). We'll be giving away T-shirts all day long, as well as a free iPod every day of macworld Expo!
In the future, you will find my blog posts at techrestore.com/blog, along with the with some other great voices within our rapidly growing company. The Future Shock blog will remain online, to facilitate access to our archives, while we evolve into something bigger and better!
Labels: free, Macworld Expo, pass
Monday, December 17, 2007
Personal Time-Lapse
 One of the remarkable things about technology, is seeing the unique uses that end users devise for their gadgets. Digital camera technology facilitated JK Keller's unique self-portrait. A time-lapse animation showing one photo per day for eight years, documents his changing style and eventual lapse into lazy hippiedom. It's actually a pretty amazing video.
In other news, Future Shock will be getting a new name and some new contributors in 2008. Stay tuned to see what the future holds, as we evolve into an even better blog!
Labels: photography, portrait, time-lapse
Friday, December 14, 2007
Dock Your Web Apps
 Many of today's web sites are applications in their own right and, in spite of the fact that we use them that way, we still have to access them through bookmarks in our browser. As if that weren't annoying enough, the browser's unnecessary toolbars eat up precious screen real estate. Site specific browsers (or SSBs), like Fluid, change all of that. Not only does it enable you launch Google Maps through an icon on your dock, it also runs as a stand-alone application that won't close just because your browser crashed while you were browsing the web! Welcome to the era of online software.
This Week's Future Shock Special
To help with your holiday shopping, take $10 off any order over $100, until next Friday, with coupon code: FSAV Labels: applications, apps, fluid, SSB, web
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Radioactive Paint
 MPK Co. is developing a new glow in the dark paint that doesn't need to be 'charged up' by light. Instead, encapsulated radioactive isotopes glow all the time! Phosphor micro-spheres around the tritium particles keep the beta radiation from escaping, while allowing visible light through, 24/7, for up to 12 years. Litroenergy paints are not yet listed for sale on their site, though you can currently purchase conventional light-charging glow in the dark paints in spray cans, tubes or powdered pigments.
This Week's Future Shock Laptop Special
 15" MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo 2.16GHz/1GB/100GB with superdrive, normally only $1399, yours until next Wednesday for only $1379 with coupon code: FSL20
Labels: beta radiation, glow-in-the-dark, isotope, radioactive, tritium
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
T-Shirts!
 Blog posts have been few and far between lately. With so much preparation to do for Macworld Expo, in January, every extra minute counts. One of the things that I've been working on is the T-shirts that we will be giving out at the show. Above is a mock-up of how they will look.Labels: Macworld Expo, t-shirt
Friday, December 07, 2007
Extreme Pogo Stick
 Next time you pass by the bank parking lot, after hours, expect to see more than the usual skaters doing rail-slides. Thanks to The Flybar, pogo sticks are back - in a big way. Designed by Andy Macdonald, an eight time world cup skateboard champion, the virtually silent Flybar can get you up to 4 feet of air! Naturally, you have to see the video.
This Week's Future Shock Special
Free Shipping on any order over $100, until next Friday, with coupon code: SHIPFS
Labels: FlyBar, pogo, skate, street
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Strictly No Photos
 YouTube and Flickr are great, but where do you go to see the photos that were never supposed to have been taken? No museum, factory or government office is exempt from photo documentation at Strictly No Photography. A mere sign banning photography can't hold back the eyes of the internet. Potentially, this outlaw site could be a good source for politically sensitive images or trade secrets but, for the moment, it's strength lies in making art accessible to all. Since most museums forbid photography, art students are traditionally limited to books, postcards and travel to gain art exposure. However, this site allows people to view even the most recent or obscure works, as long as someone else has .
This Weeks Future Shock Laptop Special
 15" Aluminum PowerBook G4 1.5GHz/512MB/80GB with Superdrive and Bluetooth, normally only $879, yours until next Wednesday for just $859, with coupon code: LPL20
Labels: art, forbidden, photography, restricted, web
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Personal DNA Report
 The new personal genetics company, 23 and Me, offers to profile your DNA and send you a complete report. Included in these DNA dossiers is detailed information on the presence of genetic disease, probabilities for having genetically related ailments as well as your ancient ancestry and relation to famous individuals. For a thousand dollars, you can look into your own source-code and, if you get your parents tested at the same time, your report results will be even more detailed.
Labels: ancestry, disease, DNA, genetics, personal
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