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Science Fiction Prototyping:
Designing the Future With Science Fiction
Jeremy E. Pesner
with inspiration from
D. Linda Garcia
Brand New
http://blog.earbits.com/online_radio/li
st-brand-news-best-albums/
The History of Technology
http://comicsecomics.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy.htm
l
How to Move Forward?
http://audentis.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/adopting-
technology-transforming-society-the-internet-and-the-
reshaping-of-civil-society-activism-in-indonesia/
Shall We Play a Game?
http://interns.barrelny.com/getting-over-terminal-phobia/
A Lesson in Creative Writing
http://this.org/magazine/2009/07/27/creative-
writing-degrees-cash-cow/
What is Futurism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Boccioni_001.jpg
Herman Kahn
http://ralphdeeds.hubpages.com/hub
/Scene_from_Dr_Strangelove__vide
o
World Future Society
http://consciouscreativity.com/world-future-society/
Scenario Planning
http://ccsincite.com/strategic-tools/scenario-planning.html
Many technologies
http://www.ist
ockphoto.com
/stock-
illustration-
6701568-
caveman-
with-tools.php
http://en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/Solar_cel
l
http://krishiworld.com/2012/06/19
/biotechnology-in-agriculture-
part1/
Hard vs Soft Science Fiction
http://sachacody.blogspot.com/2010/08/are-you-hard-or-soft-now.html
Fiction Inspires
http://www.ifans.com/forums
/threads/vp-for-design-at-
samsung-insists-he-didnt-
copy-apple.372963/page-2
http://errorstatistics.blogspot.com/2011/12/
do-chronic-cell-phone-users-have.html
http://suckerpunchcinema.com/main/2010/08/
minority-report-short-story-to-big-screen/
http://www.ripten.com/2010/09/
26/watch-kinects-mauler/kinect-
playing/
Technology Inspires
http://reboot.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:Preator
http://www2.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2009/april2009/per
spective.htm
http://maximizedemulatio
n.wordpress.com/2010/0
5/24/virtual-boy-
emulator-works-near-
perfectly/
http://visionmachine.net
/
“The best way to predict the future....
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/R2-D2
...is to invent it.” - Alan Kay
http://dvice.com/archives/2007/08/new-roombas-will-get-thousands.php
Prototyping
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/cooper_prototyping.html
Robots in Church
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RobotReligion
Irrational Behavior
http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3751695/Damn+cat/
Robot personas
http://wallcandyarts.com/blog/tag/robot-wall-decals/
Were-Tigers
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/weretiger?before=1346862035
Monitoring System
http://www.tvprogear.com/pages/Monitoring.aspx
Identify Tiger by Gait
http://holly-pedia.blogspot.com/2012/03/tiger-
running.html
Five Step Prototyping Process
Pick Your
Science/
Build Your World
Ramifications of
Science on
People
What Did We
Learn?
Scientific
Inflection
Point
Human
Inflection
Point
#1: Pick Your Science & Build Your
World
http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod34.ht
m
#2: Scientific Inflection Point
http://math.tutorvista.com/calculus/inflection-
point.html
#3: Ramifications of the Science on
People
http://thedailyomnivore.net/2012/11/01/science-for-the-people/
#4: Human Inflection Point
http://math.tutorvista.com/calculus/inflection-point.html
#5: What Did We Learn?
http://gameninjax.blogspot.com/2011/06/mortal-kombat.html
When Science Came to Science
Fiction
http://www.feedbooks.com/boo
k/91/frankenstein
vs
http://www.singularitysymposium.com/laws-
of-robotics.html
Intent
http://pastorerickson.com/?p=3743
http://globaltechnurse.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/the-
future-of-nursing-and-global-technology/
Cory Doctorow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow
What Did Asimov Predict?
http://www.androidworld.com/prod22.htm
Little Brother
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
Gait Recognition
http://me.queensu.ca/People/Deluzio/Gait.html
I, Robot (redux)
http://www.amazon.com/Robot-Doctorows-Futuristic-Tales-February/dp/B001U5FFTA
Does This Remind You of Anything...?
http://bbushner.wordpress.com/2010/01/02/if-ma-bell-had-lived/
I, Rowboat
http://gifthunger.com/party-gifts/row-boat-salad-bowl/
Transhumanism
http://vigilantcitizen.com/musicbusiness/transhumanism-
psychological-warfare-and-b-e-p-s-imma-be/
It's a Continuum
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347
/
A Process, Not a Prediction
http://legacy.mos.org/eie/engineering_design.php
Narrative Tension
http://bos-sulap.blogspot.com/2011/07/creation-narrative-tension-in-novel.html
Algis Budry's Seven-Point Plot
 A person...
 In a place...
 Who has a problem.
 The person intelligently tries to solve the
problem and fails...
 Things get worse...
 Until it reaches a climax.
 Outcome.
Time for a Break
http://airealapparel.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=185
Science Fiction in Other Media
http://thehoardingproject.org/media
Don't Worry – Typing is Just Fine
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/typing.htm
Understand the Strengths
http://joyreactor.com/post/41951
1
Georges Melies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s
Realism in Vision
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201109/2666
/
2001: A Space Odyssey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000
Skipping over Moon til Next Week
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheryl-
j/3979815937/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Comics
http://sequart.org/magazine/3472/tensions-between-text-and-
image/
Passage of Time (through orientation)
http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/comic-book-forum/38987-
dj-coffman-covers-arm-wally-wood-s-22-panels-always-
work.html
Science Fiction Saved Comics
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-fictional-encounters-with-adolph-hitler.php
The Science of Superheroes
http://noblemania.blogspot.com/2010/04/showing-superman-without-showing.html
The Space Between Spaces
http://teachingadlit-shannon.blogspot.com/2010/09/multimodalvisual-literacy.html
A Picture's Worth a Thousand
Words
http://pleco.org/heh/
Visual Metaphor
http://www.21gag.com/every-boyfriend-
has-experienced-this-2/
The Supermen
http://ditko.blogspot.com/2010/08
/unusual-tales-supermen.html
Expressive Powers of Each Medium
http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/3186959/Harry+Potter+Books+vs.+Movies/
Fiction as Experimentation
http://www.amazon.com/Usborne-Book-Experiments-
Activity-Books/dp/0746022883
Jimmy
www.theaquabats.com
Free Will
http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2012/03/th
e-will-is-caused-not-free/
The Gin and Tonic Test
http://www.ifood.tv/blog/the-age-of-robot-chefs-is-here
We Must Build Jimmy!
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/542722
3 Laws of Robotics
http://www.oricomtech.com/projects/gallery1.ht
m
Einstein & Hawking
http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Albert_Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.o
rg/wiki/Stephen_Ha
wking
A Link to the Imagination
http://archann.deviantart.com/art/IMAGINATION-101986460
Two-Way Trade
http://depositphotos.com/12210190/stock-photo-Import-
Export-International-Trade-Two-Way-Street-Sign.html
We're Done!
http://www.blogrollcenter.com/news/confetti-by-artistry-in-motion/
...almost
http://dcmetalreview.com/tag/disappointment
/
Lightning Round
http://www.coloradoeagles.com/news.php?nid=421
Black Swan
http://www.australianfauna.com/blackswan.php
Technological Determinism
http://www.knavickas.com/?p=110
Lever of Riches
http://www.picturesof.net/pages/110101-167356-007053.html
Social Construction of Technology
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/issue4/zhu.asp
Actor-Network Theory
Ketrina Yim. CS260—Human Centered Computing
The Master Switch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leahissocool
/428373584/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Cognitive Surplus
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_pink_shirky/
Bastard Culture
http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/15/
godspeed-you-fancy-bastard-shirt-
is-in-the-store/#
The Big One - Complexity
http://www.trojanmice.com/articles
/complexadaptivesystems.htm
Godspeed
http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/15/
godspeed-you-fancy-bastard-shirt-
is-in-the-store/#
Remember, Everyone's a Critic
http://www.explosm.net/comics/3003/

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