Innovating the Future, Today
In 2007 I went on a road trip to the Maine National Acadia Park with my sisters and a friend, Rose. On our first night we were in the motel watching a standard law enforcement drama show, probably Law and Order or something similar, as we prepared for bed. In one scene police confiscated a photograph. They brought it back to their labs and their technicians refocused the picture to reveal some relevant clue. As I remember, Rose was exasperated. She said something along the lines of,
"These crime shows always have so many loopholes! You can't refocus an image after it's been taken!"
It was true then. We all agreed and laughed at the oversight of the show makers. It's been almost five years since, though. Now, things have changed.
Lytro is a new technology that does just that. If you look through their website, you can see how cool it is. An event I helped plan, the MIT Techfair, hosted Lytro and they did a photowalk, one of which can be viewed here (very bottom of the blog post). Techfair 2012 Exec represent!
Isn't it just amazing that we're part of this generation, watching this happen? Something that seemed so ridiculous and "out there" just five years ago has been created, and is a very real part of the world's technology today. It gives me a lot of hope for the future of our generation and our legacies.
