The ever-inspiring design firm IDEO put together a nice concept video of a UMPC (UltraMobilePC) future for Intel. Focus is clearly on the possibilities and enabling factors of the technology and a tiny bit on its impact on some aspects of social life (e.g. headphone parties). It shows much less how ‘the future’ (or futures) as a new context influences the design, features or usage of the technology. Yet the video does show once more how strong the impact is of making the future (products and services) tangible. As such the video is definitely a springboard for discussion.

Via NoiseBetweenStations

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