the future is almost here

I've come across two things this morning that at first glance look like something out of robocop. the future usually feels like something you can't touch but with the pace at which augmented reality and GPS are integrating into the physical world it looks as though we're going to reach that weird crossroads sometime soon where we're using tools you only ever thought they used is big budget hollywood blockbusters. I'm secretly quite looking forward to it.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop from Keiichi Matsuda on Vimeo.

and then this from psfk - a flashlight for want of a better word