re: Has Tech Slowed Down - Whats New?

Hmmm, a couple of things in general in response to various pieces of this thread.

Big data is not about storing your local media or whatnot that is relevant to only you. It's multiple types of data across multiple domains, and brought together and connected in ways it wasn't originally. Tying together identifying bits of info on an IP address to surface a person, then connecting that to various info to create patterns. Some of you know this. Anyway, that's a very different thing than just "the cloud" which can replicate local storage on someone else's computer (but gives you professional, guaranteed services like robust backup).

Re: smart devices and object recognition. I am more interested in something that can tell me about the shite I buy that I DON'T need. Or shite I already bought and need to use. That jar of Thai or whatever paste to make a curry that has been lurking for a couple of years now.