Played and replayed.
“He had the idea of anticipatory design science. He was always a comprehensivist. Rather than thinking directly political (sic) to address the problems of the world is to come up with design in order to create—in the world through good design—a world that makes possible the good of humanity…rather than try to exorcise them to be good. A major voice, in my thinking, perhaps the most important polymath or comprehensive thinker in the history of mankind.”
- Harold Channer on Buckminster Fuller
(Source: roughtype.com)
The future, where children’s best friends are screens, women are still primarily concerned with household chores, Moms have to send invites to dinner, and tech enables hypochondria…
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Fancy, sure. But these concept videos indicate that there are far more assumptions about how all this is going to work than a clear, realistic idea of what will be needed and how it will be used.
Freescale - Consumer from Zoticus Design on Vimeo.
Freescale - Industrial from Zoticus Design on Vimeo.
(Source: ieet.org)
Looking Backward to See the Future of Technology
Alain de Botton on Pessimism…
I just love this opening scene (to Contact).
The possibilities for large-scale deception using technology like this are growing to a troubling degree.
“On Thursday the 20th of May 2010, Samsung was the first to introduce a large-scale commercial 3D-Outdoor projection in the Netherlands, at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Between 22.30 and 00.30 on the evenings of the 20th, 21st and 22nd of May, the public was able to view the addition of a new dimension to this historic building. “
Sean Carroll on time-travel
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