NPR File 4 — “What is ‘real’? How do you define ‘real’? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, taste and see then ‘real’ is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.” states Morpheus when he introduces Neo to the construct, a simulation program. By defining reality as electrical…

NPR File 3 — Neuromancer is complex, dense and imaginative. Partly written in slang; a few words describe complex ideas and concepts, many personages enter and leave the scenes, there is much going on in a few words. It's like an onion. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers. Neuromancer has layers. It makes the…

NPR files 2 — The Metaverse is born in Neal Stephenson's roman "Snow Crash", when the main character, Hiro Protagonist, is at home in his 20-by-30 U-Stor-It. "So Hiro's not actually here at all. He is in a computer-generated universe that his computer is drawing onto his goggles and pumping in his earphones. In…

The NPR files — Yep, it may be late for another Metaverse story, but before jumping on somebody else's train, it is good to find out which direction it goes. And this Metaverse train is going in the wrong direction, even off track. Track? There isn't even a track. Honestly, the one who came…

Recently I was a guest at Portera’s podcast hosted and organized by Baris Kavakli and Waleed Siraj. The podcast is about innovation, digitization, and the emerging digital society we currently live in. We talked about gambling, lawnmowers, diving, burning money, and long hours drive with Eric Woolfson, the co-creator of…

The innovation files 9 — Doom, doom, glittering doom. No matter how much I would like to write about fire and brimstone, the arrival of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, Dante's hell and Hieronymus Bosch's Last Judgement, I cannot. No matter how much I would like to play the role of the bitter preacher…

The innovation files 8 — Imagine Apple’s next innovation: toilet paper. Every time you use it, it analyses your contents and sends a health update to your iPhone: too much vitamin C, eat more iron, a lack of omega 3 and please pay attention to your glucosamine. The information shows an animated dancing cat gif…

The innovation files 7 — Imagine standing on the beach with a board in your hand, staring at the sea, staring at the sand, zipped into a wetsuit, taking a deep breath and jumping on your board paddling away from the land. Flat on your board, the surf looks like intimidating, furious grinding waves determined…

The innovation files 6 — Imagine Mike, let’s say Mike Wazowski, has a whiskey bar. Better, an exclusive whiskey bar, he is known for his expertise and rare brands of whiskey. The price of a 33 cc glass of whiskey varies between € 8,- for a Nikka Coffey Grain or Caol Ila 12yr and €…