Facebook then opened up Timeline to its developers so they could build apps that could work with the new redesign, something the company hadn't done before.
In terms of what innovators around the world are saying though the iPad is not exciting people the way the Kinect is and the reason is that the Kinect presents more open-ended and broader opportunities for people to redesign their work experience, at a consumer price level.
Businesses are getting smarter and more productive, and workers are going back to school to retrain, and people are cooperating in their communities to redesign how they live and work and play and educate their kids.
Work for Parker pens, the 1997 redesign of the London black cab and the Adshel bus shelter are among his other designs but he says the InterCity 125 high speed train has had "the most impact on the general life of the public".
Since that time, Schlumberger has had months to redesign and perfect these guns and one presumes that they are confident they will work this time or nobody would bother trying them again.