Imagining the Future, when the Future is already Now
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Imagining the Future - When the Future is already Now
Andy Piper @andypiper#NineWorlds @FutureTechTrack
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.”
• virtual reality
• 3D printing
• nano / biotech
• AI / Deep Learning
• wearables / embeddables
• autonomous transport
– 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."”
• Google/MIT algorithm separating reflections from photos
• Braille Smartwatch
• “Star Trek” SCiO Sprectrometer scanner
• Graphene!
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/