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What year is it?

Perhaps a photo that is dated on the back with a day from the future?

-This photo could be lenticular showing what she looked like before and after cryonic suspension. Could be the photo kept in the wallet/purse of the patient.

Reflection on idea

Further thinking has led me to think that perhaps designing just a digital interface might be a bit to minority report-esque. After talking to Laura we both think that the artefacts on the shelves are far more interesting than the digital interface. Creating a mainly digital outcome is blurring the lines between believability of future technologies and the feasibility of todays tech. A hybrid version of showing this digital data in an analogue way would be more compelling. This would aso make more sense if the patient was frozen in the past, the time before tweets and FB likes. How can I show present these digital outcomes in a analogue format?

Decisions

-Should the photos be of a still with the same image getting older or montage of various photos showing the progressions of loved ones ageing?

-Should twitter and other social media updates be available? Perhaps a book of family tweets?

-What about friends? Should they get a mention?

-Whats going to go in the annual?

-What are the news stories going to be about?

-How would i make this idea work? Adobe flash???

-Should the information be printed out for user to utilize in the real world?

- What is the most relaxed day in the week? (What day would patients feel most calm about waking up on?)

A continuation of the last idea.

A slider is moved between the year the patient was frozen and the present year, as this moved several screens strategically disguised as a newspaper, family portraits and family tree change.

These changes include ageing in photos of loved ones and headlines/front pages of a newspaper. A family tree could also grow as the slider is moved until it reaches and highlights the relatives that are still alive.

Printed annuals of each year will be available underneath along with the patients other personal belongings.

Taking on Lauras advice of moving this idea into a space rather than a box, I have thought about projecting this information into a interactive space where the patient upon waking finds a movable display on rails.

As this display moves along the runners from one end (representing the year they were frozen) of a timeline to the other (the year of reanimation.) different information such as that specific years current affairs, changes in family tree and information on friends and family is displayed on a larger screen infront.

This idea needs to be pushed further...

At the moment its just a variation on how to display information. It needs to be more personal.

Summary of Feedback from Laura about cryokit idea

-Think space rather than box

-Are questions volunteered or are they asked?

-Perhaps they wake up in what they think is their time and slowly bring them into the right age.

-Maybe the entire history is compiled into yearly annuals (perhaps transitioning onto more modern technology as the years go by)

All these questions answered in a single cryo reanimation kit

Answering “What happened whilst I was suspended?”

Friends and family: The history of friends and family could be recorded to see how their lives progressed whilst the patient was suspended. This could be achieved by utilising and selecting specific data from a census and social media updates.

A twitter feed could be made for each patient. Loved ones and personal friends could then tweet with updates about their lives for the patient to read upon reanimation.

Historical and important events:

Some form of Rss reader selecting key information on (the then) current events from reliable resources such as BBC News for patient to read upon reanimation.

This is could be plausible but who can predict whether social media like twitter will be around in 50 years time.

Answering “Do i know anyone?"

If possible would this cryo-reanimation-kit be able to somehow monitor the crogenic patients family tree (perhaps through the census) as well as monitoring it should also record changes so upon reanimation the patient presses print and can easily trace where his/her future family are.

Answering "What year is it?"

Some form of time device that lets the user know what the current date is upon reanimation. Normally it would be the person who re-animates you that would inform you this information but if the person wakes up in an apocalyptic world they are going to want to understand what the current date is.

What happened whilst I was under?

Reanimation scene from Sleeper with Woody Allen

What year is it?

Reanimation scene from Austin Powers International man of mystery With Mike Myers.

What happened to my family?

(Reanimation scene from Demolition man featuring Sandra Bullock and Sylvester Stalone)

Reanimated questions

Using the clips of freshly animated cryonic patients as a reference, several questions came to light:

What year is it?

What happened to my family?

What happened whilst is was under?

These questions will form the basis for the outcome of this project.

Perhaps some sort of futuristic way of showing the answers would be suitable?

What would you want to know upon re-animation?

This is a small video I put together featuring clips from varying films and tv shows. I was interested in the kinds of questions re-animated patients might ask when they first wake up. There could be an interesting design outcome in trying and answer these questions.

I hold no ownership over any of the above clips.

Bring the people back to the future.

After presenting this work at the prototypes presentation, the initial basis for this project (cryogenic reanimation) was acknowledged as the interesting part of this project and in trying to make the idea of a nano city viable i feel that i have skipped over possibly the more exciting part of the project.

That part of the project is the waking up. What will they wake up too? Are there any phycological consolations? What about different scenarios, what if they are reanimated into a post apocalyptic world? Or perhaps some utopian future where all negatives in society have been ruled out, ie murder, stealing, lying etc....

Perhaps some props should be made for these varying scenarios. Also these scenarios shouldn't be based purely on science fiction, they should also be based on some reliable projections such as the UN.

The mundane should be explored also, what systems and structures will still exist in the 20 years time? Tea? How do i make this reanimation process seem as normal and mundane to the patient as possible?

How do I bring the people back to the future?

When placed on top of a prototype area the iron filings will flood to the pre-designated magnetic pattern that represents what the user is standing on. For example if the user were to stand on a cocktail zone, magnets underneath the floor would cause the filings form to the vague shape of a martini glass. The shoe would then recognize this shape and would let the body know that it should simulate the effects of alcohol. Another example would be when standing on a running highway the fluid would form to the shape of speedy arrows which in turn would tell the body to prepare the body for long distance sprinting.

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