It is strange that we imagine our gadgets as either business machines or entertainment machines.
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We imagine it as linear, but time has (in a sense) two dimensions now and not-now.
We imagine there was a time when even the wheel was the latest must-have gadget.
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But we imagine that these moments of suasion are a kind of temporary madness.
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We imagine the timing (and naming) of MagicJack's new service isn't making 'em feel too good.
We imagine ourselves protecting our children, slashing the tentacles that thrust in through the smashed cellar windows.
Can we imagine, for example, a piece of DNA that deliberately harms its host in order to propagate itself?
With eyes still closed, she asked that this time we imagine our world with color and light and joy.
Can we imagine anything today that would resonate so deeply with so many?
We imagine that we can wait until the doctors tell us that there is nothing more they can do.
We imagine ourselves surrounding the tilted spaceship, waiting for the door to open.
Could we imagine what would have happened if the EU had not integrated the former European eastern block ?
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We imagine a world that can become much more balanced, equitable, and sustainable.
We imagine that the criminal justice system is fair, that it turns a blind eye to race, sex, or class.
"I really want a wife, " McBurney e-mailed us, and we imagine her laughing at her computer screen as she typed.
In other words, unpleasant chores feel only half as bad when we imagine doing them tomorrow, versus actually doing them today.
We imagine that number will level off now that paid apps are scaling up, but still -- that's an impressive stat.
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Why should we imagine that the Easter bunny will come this year, after we've been disappointed so often in the past?
Given the current card layout, we imagine that each of these elements -- and more -- could be integrated quite intuitively.
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Really, though, we imagine the only x86 app many consumers want is Office, which comes installed on every Windows RT tablet, anyway.
Maybe the divide between conservatives and liberals is smaller than we imagine.
Hardy enough to stomach the discovery of extra-terrestrial quasicrystals we imagine.
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However, we imagine this will continue to improve with time, so by the time of seeding it may be a completely different story.
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If we imagine a map in our heads, Tetuan is up in northern Morocco, where there's that little town that belongs to Spain.
We imagine Steve Jobs designing, engineering, optimizing, manufacturing, delivering, marketing and selling the iPhone instead of seeing the vast and complex apparatus of Apple production.
And it will hearten the civilized world more than we imagine.
We are in thrall to the narrative of selves that do not really exist in the way we imagine, a fabrication in which most novel-writing connives.
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Ferrari hasn't said how much the upgraded FF costs, although we imagine that the iOS-linked costs are drops in the bucket next to the vehicle itself.
We imagine this will only come in handy if you prefer using most of your front screen space for widgets, but it's a nice touch regardless.
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And even as we confront the challenges of today, we imagine a brighter tomorrow, saying, I can do it, just like Muddy Waters did all those years ago.
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