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3D Manufacturing At Home

By: Ahmed Meer

24-01-2012

I’ve been thinking recently whether Make Magazine’s cover will be as historic as the headline on the cover of Popular Electronics in January 1975 (pictured above). At the time only a handful of individuals had access to computers and the unique individuals who did grasped at the opportunity given to them and founded some of the biggest software companies of today. Is the same revolution on the precipice for the Makerbot? At first only ‘the geeks’ will dabble with such kits, but once it creates a niche buzz within that community these models will eventually become mainstream finding their way into homes across the world. A beast off machinery minimized for the individual, currently in infantile hardware state will the real revolution come from the software to be used alongside it?

Stop SOPA

By: Ahmed Meer

27-12-2011

Technology

SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act. If copyright holders can’t adapt to change and instead wish to destroy what they don’t understand they are the ones that will ultimately fail. Unbelievable ignorance from politicians as usual on tech related matters, I urge all to not let this injustice spread, do your research (links provided below, if lazy) and spread the word. I can’t understand how copyright holders have not got the hang of the internet yet.

Typo London Conference 2011

By: Ahmed Meer

15-11-2011

Conference, Design, Typography

The renowned Typo conference normally held in Berlin made it’s London premier hosting some of the most exceptional design and creative minds of our time. This was one event Skive could not afford to miss. Unfortunately it turned out that we had in fact missed the opportunity to get our hands on any tickets. As the end of a Typoless Thursday played out I vented my non-attending misery the only way I knew how – on Twitter. As I searched for the #Typo11 hash tag a fellow tweeter (twitterer?) had posted that she had a spare ticket to the conference. For that one moment in time I had the ability to compose a tweet in mere milliseconds. To my amazement I had actually scored tickets to the hottest design conference in town! A quick call to my MD Sean to explain that if I don’t attend the conference it would be a crime against Skive. Of course without hesitation Sean gave me the all clear to attend; Excitement ensued. Must take this opportunity to thank Cat Townsend and The Blank Sheet Project for the free ticket!

Below are only a few snippets of lectures I attended. Wish I could write about all the speakers I saw but alas I have very little time to write this! If you would like to know all the big shots that spoke at the conference you can check them out here: http://typolondon.com/index.php/Speakers;7/1

Online Identity

By: Ahmed Meer

15-11-2011

Facebook, social media, Twitter

I believe so passionately on this topic:

“We all have multiple identities. It’s part of being human. We’re all multi-faceted people.”

Perhaps this rings more true for me due to my Gemini characteristics, but typically most of us have a professional, social, and even rebellious presence on the internet. Having your online identity directly tied to your real world identity is dangerous in a world where Governments are actively patrolling social networking sites and punishing people for their comments. How dare they infiltrate our social circles and tell us what we can and can’t say to our friends, our family. The internet is and should always be about the freedom of speech!

Flash On The Beach 2011

By: Ahmed Meer

01-08-2011

Conference, FOTB

Skive are regulars at the Flash on the beach event down in Brighton and shall be again this year. The inspirational sessions towards the end of the day are always a great listen! And lets not forget the ‘networking’ that comes at the end of the day. It really is a great chance to meet people in the industry so even if you don’t take away all the knowledge you can still get a few very interesting contacts out of it. Be sure to look out for us as we are always up for an in depth conversation on the future of the web!

Write up coming soon.

Solar Roadways

By: Ahmed Meer

17-01-2011

Energy, Solar Energy

This initiative might seem unrealistic at present due to cost and driving safety concerns but I can really see this happening for the future. Imagine when all vehicles will be electric, we could simply get our power from the road we drive on. Petrol stations will have to turn into snack stations. It is very true how we don’t seem to be innovating and pushing more advanced design methodologies upon our current aging solutions.

To have loved and lost, an iPhone

By: Ahmed Meer

21-08-2010

Mobile

Ah wise words – it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved an iPhone at all. Whilst holidaying I went for an early morning swim at one of the worlds most beautiful beaches and strolled into the ocean without realising I had both my iPhone and wallet in my pocket. These are the days that followed post drowned iPhone 3GS:

Day 1 – 100% Denial. Ah its cool don’t fret its never let me down yet. I know once I dry it and power it up again it will work. I place my iPhone on the beach to dry and go back into the water. Once I get back home theres still water in screen so I remove the SIM and put it in a bowl of rice (A Google search prompted me to do so).

Day 2 – All the water seems to have evaporated. Hope stil lives that it will work now once I charge this bad boy up. I plug it in and leave it on charge for the rest of the day intermittently pressing the power button and the middle button in.

Day 3 – It all begins to set in as I come to terms with my loss; Acceptance. I spend a day weeping. I put my SIM card into my old Samsung E900. I find my entire life a year ago on this phone – old pictures, messages, memories. At least I have a contact list again even though its a year out of date.

Day 4 – Inability to check the weather in the morning during clothing session results in unfavourable body temperature throughout the day.

E3 Conference 2010

By: Ahmed Meer

16-06-2010

Conference, Technology

X-BOX 360 Slim

Shipping NOW! With built in N-Wireless and 250GB hard drive. They have finally solved the overheating and noise issues lets just hope they tested it properly this time.

Project Natal has been re-named to Kinect during its unvieling at E3. Kinect will change the way we play games especially with its face, body and voice (without headset) recognition software, this could change everything! Not just gaming.

Kinect is the next generation of game interaction and its going to open up a can of innovation when its released on November 4th world-wide. Here is a video detailing how advanced Kinect really is, welcome to the future:

I can’t wait for Star Wars on Kinect, It will sprout a whole new generation of the Star Wars Kid. Kinect and a cieling mounted projector is the way to go. Imagine Guitar Hero and Rock Band on Kinect – you won’t even need to collect all the instruments and cluter up your living room, you will just truely be an air band.

Google I/O

By: Ahmed Meer

21-05-2010

Conference

The two day Google I/O conference ended yesterday with a ton of exciting news from the team over at Google. The event showcases all the projects Google have been working on for the past year and this year they did not disappoint.

During the event Google’s CEO really shot down Apple and really made a point to show the products and services they were delivering were completely going to cater for their shortcomings. In short heres what we can expect from them:

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