Simone Giertz Quotes

The world got enamored with smartphones and tablets, but what's interesting is those devices don't do everything that needs to be done. Three-D printing, virtual-reality computing, robotics are all controlled by PCs.

I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

Nanotechnology has been moving a little faster than I expected, virtual reality a little slower.

It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.

I love technology, and I love new gadgets. I can no longer figure out how to use any of them, but I love them.

I love the modern technology now.

If we want to help Google become something meaningfully different in the future, then that's more likely to happen if we focus on the physical world instead.

The future lies in designing and selling computers that people don't realize are computers at all.

We don't take on Google Glass or the self-driving car project or Project Loon unless we think that on a risk-adjusted basis, it's worth Google's money to do it.

As our various electronic devices gain more and more sensory awareness, we open up the potential for entirely new forms of interaction. Not just new interfaces - tapping and shaking and whatnot - but a shift in presence.

I see technology as being an extension of the human body.

As a child I was very into gadgets and machines and robots. The idea of experimenting with machines to create art was always something I tinkered with.

Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.

I've been thinking about 'The Jetsons' since I was a kid. But occasionally, you want 'The Jetsons' to come to reality. That's what Apple is so great at: Productizing things and bringing them to you so you can be a part of it.

I am extraordinarily fascinated by the future of technology. We are in the early infancy of technology, and we have an opportunity to guide how technology develops and integrates into our lives. I talk a lot about the 'invisible interface,' or the idea that we can utilize technology without being absorbed into a screen.

I'm generally pretty excited about new gadgets, new tech, A.I., stuff like that.

We are looking for an era where computing will actually merge with the physical world.

I believe that augmented reality will be the biggest technological revolution that happens in our lifetimes.

I worked on heads-up displays, virtual-reality technology, and holographic displays - all sorts of really cool technology.

We've managed to motion-track the silkworm's movement as it is building its cocoon. Our aim was to translate the motion-capture data into a 3D printer connected to a robotic arm in order to study the biological structure in larger scales.

Technological developments are changing the way we live, and there is much talk of digitalisation and the disruptive business models enabled by smart phones, tablets, computers, and the 'Internet of things.'

We live in a time of astounding technological advancements. There are deep-sea drones and live-streaming virtual reality.

We believe the future of computing should be natural.

When I look out in the future, I can't imagine a world, 500 years from now, where we don't have robots everywhere.

Labor-rich manufacturing doesn't exist anymore. Manufacturing jobs are white-collar, Silicon Valley programmers or highly-skilled technicians. They are not going to employ lots of people.