Displayable data

There is no doubt that we are being bombarded by data everywhere. The good news is that some companies are working on ways to make some of the data more 'accessible' without being more overwhelming.

We write about one particular MIT spinoff, Ambient Devices, that has a few useful new gadgets that help deliver information to us without requiring us to think. Their vision is that it takes far less cognitive load to observe a color (whose change has some meaning) or the angle of a needle (such as your car spedometer). Their mission is to find useful data sources and have them turned into less-taxing information displays. They have one device (a small globe shaped figure) that is able to glow various colors (red, yellow, green for example) and can be wirelessly tied to a variety of data source such as a particular stock or stock index. An even more useful example is their 5-day weather display. At a glance, you know the weather forecast for the next five days, continuously. The display has a column for each day and very simple graphics that summarize the future.

The point to Inescapable Data is that we are probably at the beginning stages of allowing us to absorb more information than ever before and in less intrusive ways. As the number of data sources around as explodes, and similarly the value, we'll need ingenious ways to  absorb more of it faster/easier, as well as more ways to have these new data streams self-manage (a story for another day).

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Comments

[Dyani Smith]

That is all well and good... thing is, what if the presentation device does not work?
Have you guys tried checking out the Dashboard? Have you had any success developing anything for it?
Have you checked out ambient411.com to see what early adopters are saying about it?

[Brian Schneeberg]

If you like the vision of Ambient Devices, then you might want to check out what we're doing (it's like Ambient but from a software versus hardware-focused perspective). We have a product called Mentations (www.mentations.com) that seeks to provide the solution that you allude to in your final paragraph above. While still in beta, I hope that the intent is evident already. If you're so inclined, please download Mentations and try it out as I'd love to get your feedback and suggestions!! (Hint - right-click on things to customize them.)

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