March 6, 2008
Sure, Apple’s iPhone is today’s king of mobile phones, but Nokia’s breaktrhough Morph concept, if it evolves into an actual product, will make the fruit company’s gadget look terribly quaint and clunky in comparison. Morph would be based on nanotechnology (if you were looking for what nanotechnology is good for, this is a fine example). Thousands upon thousands of atomic-sized transmisors making up the device would allow it to be bendable, resizable, self-cleaning, have it recharge using solar power and even warn us about the safety of what we are eating. It will probably take at least a decade or so to envision a working prototype of this, and if you think this sounds more like science fiction than fact, let’s just remember how a mere 30 years ago Ken Olson, the founder of Digital Equipment Corp, said “There is no reason anybody would want a computer in their home”. So there.
