Bruce Sterling gave a speech yesterday in Munich: Shaping Things to Come. The lecture could be downloaded here (.mp3).

The computer revolution is invading the physical world of material objects. A number of trends are converging which will re-define the relationship between people and our tools and possessions. [...] Add these trends together and they form the picture of a new and different kind of physicality. What does it mean? And how will that feel? And what can we do about it?