Submitted by aerlenbach t3_10a5qwc in Futurology
in 2013,10 years ago, I posed this same question, and again in 2015.
I am now posing this question again. If a device is slated for after 2023, do post it as well with the intended release date.
For inspiration and reflection, here are the suggestions from last time and where they are now.
2013
1: foc.us is a tDCS headset. Company is still around and has released its v3 device.
2: Leap Motion controller senses your hands and fingers and follows their every move. Rebranded as "UltraLeap", with additional products also available now.
3: Google Chromecast still chugging with a cavalcade of competitors.
4: Meta Space Glasses: Hard to find anything about this AR glasses as the name is essentially un-googleable and the original website is now for VR news. Presumed defunct.
5: Soylent Came out December 2013 and is still fueling the overworked and lazy to this day (including me as I write this!)
6: Pebble Smart watch E-Paper Watch. company shut down December 2016.
7: Hue: Personal wireless lighting, version three came out in 2016
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2014
1: MYO. Arm band to control devices Appears to be completely defunct.
2: The Oculus Rift Meta Quest Pro is currently on the market.
3: Emotiv Insight: Wireless headset for brain monitoring. Company still around.
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Misc other suggestions from 2013
1: The TechJect Dragonfly: was a failed crowdfunding grift for a wifi-enabled, super-small, smart and energy efficient robotic insect; it can do amazing aerial photography, aerobatic maneuvers for gaming, autonomous patrolling for security and surveillance.
2: Google Glass: Released to public 2014. shuttered 2015.
3: WigWag: Home Automation sensors. Shuttered.
4: Lima: Universal content on all your devices. They ditched the little USB plug and are just doinglocal cloud storage.
5: LIFX: Wifi enabled LED lightbulbs: still around in a saturated market.
6: “Lightpack: Ambient backlight for displays”, Amazon has the product as "currently unavailable".
7: NFC Ring: NFC enabled Ring Company is still around.
2015 suggestions
1: Vive from Valve VR headset. Still around.
2: HoloLense. Purchased by Microsoft. used for the military industrial complex.
3: Emotiv Insight, mentioned above.
4: Thync mood-altering sticker. Rebranded as "Feelzing". Products are out of stock.
5: Liquid biopsy blood test: Still helping treat cancer.
6: "Israeli Startup Unispectral May Have Invented A Tricorder". the name "Unispectral" now goes to a camera company. Couldn't find anything past the 2015-era sensationalized headlines.
So what do we got this time around?
Edit: fixing formatting issues