E   … another 1984-application. As Mr. Sterling said, you don’t need bars to make someone a prisoner.
Here is the article in “Spiegel Online” (in german).
D   … Noch eine 1984-Anwendung. Wie Mr. Sterling schon sagte, man braucht keine Gitter um jemanden zu einem Gefangenen zu machen.
Hier der Artikel auf Spiegel Online.

E   Some real-world applications of tracking people by their mobile phones already exist. In our opinion quite controversial.
www.trackyourkid.de or www.world-tracker.com
D   Bei einigen Anbietern kann man schon heute Personen über ihre Mobiltelefone orten. Unserer Meinung nach ziemlich unschön.
www.trackyourkid.de oder www.world-tracker.com
(via “Irgendwas ist ja immer”)

E   Update: Almost all posts are in english and in german now!
D   Update: Fast alle Beiträge jetzt zweisprachig!

E  A video lecture which in our opinion every designer, especially every product designer should see.
Bruce Sterling - Shaping things to come.
D  Ein Video-Vortrag, unserem Thema sehr verwandt, den sich unserer Meinung nach jeder Designer, insbesondere jeder Produkt-Designer ansehen sollte.
Bruce Sterling - Shaping things to come (in Englisch).

E  With Id-Chips in every product you can access directly relevant information in the internet. That doesn’t have to be information provided by the companies. Many independent institutions offer product information and help for your purchasing decision. The information could concern quality, price-performance ratio or social behavior of the company.
D  Durch Id-Chips in den Produkten […]

E  Rangers could mark the deer-population with ID-chips. That could prevent car accidents by warning the driver when a deer gets to near the street. It would also help to make the hunters job much more easy.
D  Der Wildbestand könnte mit ID-chips markiert werden. So könnten Unfälle vermieden werden, indem der Autofahrer gewarnt würde sobald […]

E  For school it could be useful to combine real objects with virtual information. Objects tagged in such a way could react on their environment. In our example the student can use the real skeleton by pointing at his own body. X-ray photos of the bones in question are projected on the chalk board.
D  Für […]