!Warning all males! - your boyhood dream has just come true. . .or at least its almost come true.

!Warning all females! - your girlhood dreams just took a new direction.

!Warning Harry Potter! - well, I guess you already knew. . .

There is a revolution occurring in technology, and its one that has only been dreamed of.  One that has made comic books, movies, TV and fantasy novels curiously intriguing.  Now that fantasy is close to becoming a reality: invisibility.

(For more on this technology visit here: #1, #2 and #3 Three is most recent)

Granted, there is still a great deal of advancement that needs to be made in order for the technology to function much like we all hoped and dreamed it could - from any angle and in any environment - but the fact that this much exists thus far offers an imaginative future.

Of course with any advancement comes responsibility.  See, advancement brings with it two very real options: 1. Positive potential 2. Negative potential.  Much of that is determined by how people decide to use it.

For example,  the invention and advancement of the car has been a tremendous benefit. It allows for quick transportation, greater safety, and multi-functionality (i.e. trucks for towing or plowing, etc.).  Yet the advancement of cars has now caused the ever-popular, oft-debated global climate change crisis.  With vehicles requiring oil and increasing demand for supply, there have been wars throughout history over the ownership of oil derricks.  Oil has had a huge impact on the global economy to the point that the majority of countries would be disabled without the use of oil.  The point here is this: any advancement will always have advantages and disadvantages.

It is up to us to decide how to wisely use technology.  And in some situations, it may be even wiser to not even pursue it.

For now, go on Harry Potter. . .do your thing.  It might not be long before we’re right behind you (that is of course, if you can see us!).

- IgniteTheMind

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 First it was the resurrection of the Macintosh computer.  Then it was the uber-hit with the Ipod, now a cultural icon.  Well, the revolution that has been Apple has done it again. . .Apple Mac has designed a keyboardless computer that is poised to hit shelves within 6-15 months (probably later than sooner).

 The revolutionary new computer, though not the first concept nor production of something along these lines, will be the first mass-marketed product of its kind.  Needless to say that Mac-lovers are already drooling over this product of the future.

 The concept involves a touch-pad wheel with a center button. That’s it! The wheel allows for movement while the button allows for selection.  And of course, the computer also has new features, the least of which is a light-weight frame and extended battery power.

  Check it out!

(The Onion New Network is a satirical news corporation. The accuracy and reality of their reports is sometimes fact and sometimes fiction. Take this for what it is worth.)

It will be interesting indeed to see if the “wheel” will revolutionize the way keyboards are used.  From the video, “typing” looks a bit cumbersome, though certainly it must take some time to get adjusted to.  Regardless, it seems impossible that one would be able to type 70+ words per minute using that wheel, and it appears the scroll feature will take eons to use.  That said, this new technology will certainly pave the way for future improvements and innovations to computers as they become less complex.  If you have seen the movie “Children of Men “, perhaps the future will hold a computer like the one Theo’s friend’s son uses.

Though of course, if you have seen the movie the whole pretense is how humankind becomes so technologically advanced that the female population becomes infertile. . .Are we seeing a glimpse of the future? To say such may be a bit of a fanatical response, but its an interesting concept that has obviously sparked intriguing questions with potentially real consequences (notice the increasing trend of human-created world-ending apocalyptic movies lately?)

 Whatever the case though, it may now not be long before we see a movie entitled, “Death to QWERTY .”

 - IgniteTheMind