To Infinity and beyond

In the description of the blog I mention technology and it's something I haven't really discussed.

Technology for technology's sake isn't that interesting. What's engrossing and exciting is the impact it can potentially have on our lives.

I recently started playing Infinity Blade and I'm hooked. It's the first hand held game that really delivers on the iPhone promise.

The world you inhabit as a mythical warrior is as immersing and as graphically beautiful as anything you'll see on the Xbox or PlayStation 3, for a touchscreen game it's incredibly playable and certainly helps while away the minutes on a crowded tube journey.

The other thing making a big splash on the iPhone is Word Lens. See a foreign language sign, point at it with Word Lens and it will translate it. The YouTube Video displaying the technology has already received 1.4million hits and is all over Twitter.

Currently it's only available in a few languages but what's important is that it's definitely the start of something.

You wouldn't have imagined the technology on a phone as little as five years ago. I'll leave you with a quote which may come to typify our future.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic'