Future Talk

Ringmaster · 23-11-13, 08:24 PM

Just been watching an interview on C4 with the inventor of the internet. When asked what he envisioned for the future, among other things things, he thought the cost of television screens would get lower and we could have entire buildings covered by them.

It made me think the future may be more like something out of Bladerunner.

Life has got generally better for us compared to our Victorian ancestors, but are we getting happier?

sinbin5t · 23-11-13, 08:50 PM

Not with the european laws we have to put up with Hmmmmm perhaps not the place

Sandro · 23-11-13, 09:13 PM

as when I was working for big IT company - IBM / Lenovo people said - all hardware (pc, laptops, etc) will be for free in future and we will pay only for software and using all stuff. it means, all them techologies will be everywhere...
look at new BMW i3.. You can heat it up from Your phone before journey

john johnson · 23-11-13, 09:19 PM

You can do everything on a smartphone now .... Go back 15 years and try it

Ben · 23-11-13, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john johnson

You can do everything on a smartphone now .... Go back 15 years and try it

There's a time travel app?

Isimmo · 23-11-13, 10:06 PM

Well Stella and Kleenex were available....

john johnson · 23-11-13, 10:16 PM

Dirty filthy man

Hanuman · 23-11-13, 11:28 PM

I love sci-fi, and over the years you get the naysayers proclaiming it to be rubbish; a waste of time.

Imagine if the folk driving technology were as limited and fettered! Although, sometimes, that might be a good thing

The likes of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, etc had all manner of tech in their novels from the 1950s onwards, including-

Foldaway, pocketsize, touch screen computers
Electric transport
Widespread clean energy (just gloss over 3mile island, Fukoshima, and Chernobyl for now)
Recreational space flight
Robots in the home
industry rather than government, as big brother

The list goes on

Currently, (relatively) self cleaning glass is a commercial reality, so it can't be long before windows themselves will become screens. They already exist to some extent. All you need do is embed the display as a layer.
You'll have Anglian windows providing advertising in their glass, and you'll pay extra to have it deactivated. (It won't all be nice)

I think in the near future, we will get mobile phones/communications as a surgical implant, and as an off shoot, hearing aids will be improved.

Coxy · 24-11-13, 09:14 AM

the question is, are we over complicating our life because of it or has everything become so much easier?

geneandbolly · 24-11-13, 09:40 AM

personally, i think that technology is over complicated and as far as phones are concerned, gives us devices that we don't really need.

desert island for one, please.

23-11-13, 09:19 PM	#4
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	You can do everything on a smartphone now .... Go back 15 years and try it __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

23-11-13, 10:06 PM	#6
Isimmo Super Moderator Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sissix-by-the-sea Posts: 15,218	Well Stella and Kleenex were available.... __________________ 1985 WR quattro, 1985 20vT RallyRep, 1993 MTM ABY S2 Avant. 2010 S3 Sportback.

23-11-13, 10:16 PM	#7
john johnson Moderator of sausages Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 13,331	Dirty filthy man __________________ Mr OCD http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t144/jsquatts/ Daily rs4 b7 with buckets that play havoc with my piles And if you are reading this as James may would say ' you're a cock '

23-11-13, 11:28 PM	#8
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	I love sci-fi, and over the years you get the naysayers proclaiming it to be rubbish; a waste of time. Imagine if the folk driving technology were as limited and fettered! Although, sometimes, that might be a good thing The likes of Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury, etc had all manner of tech in their novels from the 1950s onwards, including- Foldaway, pocketsize, touch screen computers Electric transport Widespread clean energy (just gloss over 3mile island, Fukoshima, and Chernobyl for now) Recreational space flight Robots in the home industry rather than government, as big brother The list goes on Currently, (relatively) self cleaning glass is a commercial reality, so it can't be long before windows themselves will become screens. They already exist to some extent. All you need do is embed the display as a layer. You'll have Anglian windows providing advertising in their glass, and you'll pay extra to have it deactivated. (It won't all be nice) I think in the near future, we will get mobile phones/communications as a surgical implant, and as an off shoot, hearing aids will be improved. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

24-11-13, 09:40 AM	#10
geneandbolly 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: The Psychiatric Ward, North Ayrshire Posts: 7,490	personally, i think that technology is over complicated and as far as phones are concerned, gives us devices that we don't really need. desert island for one, please. __________________ 1997 Audi S6 Ruby Red

23-11-13, 08:50 PM	#2
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	Not with the european laws we have to put up with Hmmmmm perhaps not the place

23-11-13, 09:13 PM	#3
Sandro Grown up member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 651	as when I was working for big IT company - IBM / Lenovo people said - all hardware (pc, laptops, etc) will be for free in future and we will pay only for software and using all stuff. it means, all them techologies will be everywhere... look at new BMW i3.. You can heat it up from Your phone before journey

24-11-13, 09:14 AM	#9
Coxy 4 Ring Mafia Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: on the side of a hill in Shropshire! Posts: 28,215	the question is, are we over complicating our life because of it or has everything become so much easier?