The Gadget Revolution – What’s In Store For U

The gadgets you own will soon be you.

NYT today – “Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase“ “We see the smartphone being used more and more in the shopping experience,” said Dick Cantwell, Cisco’s vice president for retail at Cisco’s Internet business solutions group.

As the more daring retailers see it, the potential benefits outweigh the risks. More aggressive profiling of shoppers — along with a novel, entertaining shopping experience — could help increase sales. And the technology may help retailers save money by cutting workers, essentially substituting electronic guidance for store clerks.

The gadget revolution is ramping up! Technological innovators understand that people are fed up with having to be tied to their homes in order to insulate themselves from the stress of interacting with fleshy, sneezy, dirty, human beings. In the beginning, avoiding human contact on the run was limited to primitive devices like the Sony Walkman. Next came the sexy iPod. But it was the ubiquitous mobile phone that made it possible for the average Joe to turn-on, plug-in, and tune out, no matter how many living, breathing, people were polluting his physical space.

Today, iPhones and Smart Phones are transforming our on-the-go peoplescape into a bloodless and stress free cyborg community. The unpleasant ambiguities of human contact — the gestures and smells and shifty glances of others —- can be scrubbed into succinct twitters, 6 mega-pixel snapshots, and instant data scans. Hands sullied by shakes, pats, hugs, and counting money, will soon become a thing of the past. The possibilities are as limitless as the imagination of those who want your money but not the messy inconvenience of you.