He stood out in three ways－as a technologist, as a corporate?（公司的）leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.

Many people's homes now have more powerful, and more flexible, devices than their offices do; consumer gadgets and online services are smarter and easier to use than most companies'ystems

Meanwhile, the number of consumers hungry for such gadgets continues to swell.

He invented lots of functional gadgets

His keen interest in designing elegant and user-friendly gadgets.

Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to producing water-saving gadgets.

Time away from all electronic gadgets.

But even without gadgets that understand our spoken commands, research suggests that, as bizarre as it sounds, under certain circumstances, people regularly ascribe human traits to everyday objects.

But now these segments are looking at slower growth curves – or shrinking markets in some cases – as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.

In one experiment, people who reported feeling isolated were more likely than others to attribute desires to various gadgets.

"It is about the flashiness and the gadgets,"said John Curran, managing director of research at Accenture.

Many of the coolest gadgets this year are the same as the coolest gadgets last year—or the year before, even.

Many people, it seems, are uneasy living in a thickening cloud of radio waves from mobile phone towers and the gadgets they communicate with.

Personally, I do not believe in any of these slimming gadgets and I think I have a very different perspective when it comes to the definition of what is beautiful.

The technology, your boss, and your friends, all influence how often you find yourself using or overusin these gadgets.