The Futulele.

I impatiently wait for cordless electricity, automated public bathroom finders and car-finds-you parking lot detectors.

The point of new tech is simple: level-up the convenience meter. Faster. Smaller. More efficient. Less Time. Greater good, lesser bad.

GOOD Magazine recently featured a insta-interactive 3D augmented reality demo, and it looks something like this (clicks through to their post):

While we twiddle our thumbs waiting for something like this to be released at Best Buy, some MIT brains have developed SixthSense, a wearable device that instantly manifests a virtual keyboard or interface. Frame a photo with your fingers. Type on your hand. Search product information on the actual product itself. No iPhone required.

It looks something like this:

The video below is a delightful and charming demo. The best application I can think of is simple: the instant notepad. Pulling out my iPhone, opening the “Notes” application and beginning to type is just too many steps. Especially when I’m interrupted by all sort sof other notifications. Why jeopardize a flighty, brilliant idea? Especially while driving. Voice-activation wouldn’t hurt. After all, Siri is way too temperamental to rely on.

SixthSense via TED.com:

Thank goodness instant gratification isn’t one of the Seven Deadly Sins.