Imagining the Future, when the Future is already Now
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The document discusses predictions of the future made in past decades, emphasizing how many imaginative concepts, such as hoverboards and flying cars, have yet to become reality. It highlights various technologies like virtual reality, 3D printing, AI, and autonomous transport, as well as the challenges of accurately forecasting technological advancements. The conclusion reflects on the passage of time and the importance of appreciating the present despite the missed predictions of significant events like Judgment Day.
Imagining the Future, when the Future is already Now
- 1. Imagining the Future - When the Future is already Now Andy Piper @andypiper #NineWorlds @FutureTechTrack
- 2. Welcome to the Future
- 3. Hoverboards, flying cars, self-tying shoelaces 1989 (showing 2015)
- 4. Predicting the future is hard more visions from the past
- 5. 1987 - Star Trek TNG “PADD”
- 6. iPad 2010
- 7. Apocalypse then 1991 (predicting 1997) “In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes online August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.”
- 9. We’re on a road to… somewhere? Gartner Hype Cycle, Aug 2014
- 10. • virtual reality • 3D printing • nano / biotech • AI / Deep Learning • wearables / embeddables • autonomous transport
- 11. Virtual Reality
- 12. “Lawnmower Man era” 1992-2000
- 13. Second Life / online late 2000s
- 14. Oculus and beyond the future is now (again)
- 15. 3D printing
- 17. Reprap
- 18. Food is just the start of more
- 19. nano/biotech
- 21. … to “movies”… 2014
- 22. … to transistors! 2015
- 26. AI / Deep Learning
- 28. Elon Musk
- 31. Final thoughts
- 32. Making the future real
- 33. 2011: Nike release “Air Mag” shoes LEGO version by Alex Jones / “Orion Pax”
- 34. Hover boards … nearly cracked it!
- 35. argh OK… so they have cracked it
- 37. – Sarah Connor “August 29, 1997, came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40. There was no Judgment Day. People went to work as they always do. Laughed, complained, watched TV, made love. I wanted to run through the street yelling to grab them all and say, "Every day from this day on is a gift. Use it well."”
- 38. • Google/MIT algorithm separating reflections from photos • Braille Smartwatch • “Star Trek” SCiO Sprectrometer scanner • Graphene!
- 41. Image credits • Cities of the Future https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ File:Depiction_of_a_futuristic_city.jpg • Gartner hype cycle http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2819918 • Oculus https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oculus_Rift_development_kit_2.jpg • LEGO Nike Mag http://www.flickr.com/photos/orion_pax/6158500167/in/photostream/ • Skynet comic http://xkcd.com/1046/ • Others author’s own, or royalty-free and CC-licensed works from sxu.hu and Wikimedia Commons • see also http://www.zenka.org/history-of-virtual-reality-and-augmented-reality-timeline/