Future Tellers

Talia Janover's research blog on technology, consciousness & the future

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By moving his hands and arms, Cruise can switch between clips, fast forward, zoom and freeze the action, which is projected in front of him.

"The gesture system in Minority Report is the best example I've come across yet [of how the movie has influenced contemporary technology]," McDowell said.

"I think gesture recognition would not have evolved the way that it has without Minority Report," he added, referencing G-speak, Leap Motion and the new Lenovo Vibe smartphone as contemporary iterations of the technology that have been influenced by the film.

https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/06/minority-report-sci-fi-movie-steven-spielberg-future-of-technology-predictions-possible-production-designer-alex-mcdowell/

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Movie producers Steven Spielberg had a problem :“How will we interact with computers in fifty years?” 

In 2010 John gave a TED Talk that blew the roof off the venue. Watch it here.He then went on to turn his vision into a product with a client list that includes NASA, PwC, and IBM.

https://medium.com/helm-experience-design/minority-report-15-years-later-328b15a7845a

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Superstudio - Continuous Monument - 1969

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Superstudio, The Continuous Monument, 1969.

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“In the beginning we designed objects for production, designs to be turned into wood and steel, glass and brick or plastic – then we produced neutral and usable designs, then finally negative utopias, forewarning images of the horrors which architecture was laying in store for us with its scientific methods for the perpetuation of existing models.”

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Superstudio, Gian Piero Frassinelli, Alessandro Magris, Roberto Magris, Adolfo Natalini, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia. The Continuous Monument St. Moritz Revisited, project (Perspective). 1969

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Archizoom, No-stop city, 1970

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una genialata per i traslochi

walking city.Ron Herron

in Archigram 1964

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Peter Cook (Archigram)”Instant City Visits Bournemouth”, 196823 × 34,5 cm © Collection Frac Centre / Philippe Magnon

In 1963, the British architect Peter Cook founded the group Archigram with W. Chalk, D. Crompton, D. Greene, R. Herron and M. Webb. Together, they revolutionize the architectural language by introducing popular culture, advertising, science fiction and comics.

http://www.bmiaa.com/instant-city-travelling-exhibition-now-at-college-maximilien-de-sully/

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Archigram. Instant City. 1964.

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This RS Components infographic for the timeline of the future according to Elon Musk, from an AI takeover to settlements on Mars, and what to expect within our lifetimes.

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Quantum Teleportation > Imagine it and he will come

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Tranporter Room > Could this become a reality soon? and is anybody working on it?

Images taken from > http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Transporter_room

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