I found this article a very interesting read, and has actually inspired me to watch a few of the movies included in it for the first time (Logan’s Run, 2001 a space odyssey) and re-watch a few favourites (Total Recall As a bit of a technology buff I liked the way the author looked into the feasibility of many of the technologies such as the “Breath ID” device form Alien Resurrection, although im not sure I quite agree with his view that analyzing a persons breath would not be a suitable method of identification, as surely there would be elements of the persons saliva containing their DNA , Those are just my thoughts anyway.
I found the section on the intelligent shopping assistant in Minority Report very interesting, the virtual shop assistant that logs a shoppers past purchases and uses this information to suggest similar things they may like, And how startlingly similar this is to the software used by many online stores such as Amazon to recommend products to you. This kind of information gathering and analysing also has loads of potential applications other than simply suggesting things we might like to buy, For example at the large hotel I work at part time we use a similar program to keep track of valued and frequent guests, storing things like what kind of food and drink they like, weather they like their room to be on a high floor or low floor and other preferences.
I loved the “physical display” table taken from X-Men, I have a real passion for 3D Modelling and the prospect of something like this just blew my mind. The ability to model a shape or form, and then have it quickly materialize in a static form seems quite beyond our time, but with rapid prototyping machines able to produce models from 3D models quite quickly and extremely accurately, this sort of thing probably isn’t too much of a pipe dream.
Fatherland (1994) (TV)
Punch card computer filing system.This Science fiction film, which looks at an ‘alternate history’ in which Germany won World War Two, and the characters are living in a Modern day (1960 ish) NAZI Germany. I found the punch card computer archive in this film interesting, all of the countries archives were stored and categorised in a large building, and searched and accessed via a punch card computer. Although this isn’t a very unique idea, I really liked the way it was done in the film.
Star Wars (1977) (Film)
Holoboard / 3D monster chess gameI really loved the idea of this thing when I first saw it, it’s a Holographic version of chess, but with the pieces converted into monsters that would fight each other. It’s seen briefly towards the start of the movie, being played by Chewbacca and the droids to pass the time. The game consisted of a round table, about the size of a small coffee table, with a round chequered grid on the surface, which the Holographs were projected off. The players appeared to control their characters with a few buttons at either end of the table.
The Island (2005) (Film)
Internet phone boothThe ‘Internet booth’ consists of what looked like a modern day phone booth, but with an interactive voice recognition computer in place of the phone and phone book. The two main characters use it to search for somebody, and after the person is found, a video link is established between them and the user. I like the way this is quite a feasible artefact, as it uses technology we already have today to a certain degree, and combines them into a simple product that isn’t too far removed from reality.
I found the section on the intelligent shopping assistant in Minority Report very interesting, the virtual shop assistant that logs a shoppers past purchases and uses this information to suggest similar things they may like, And how startlingly similar this is to the software used by many online stores such as Amazon to recommend products to you. This kind of information gathering and analysing also has loads of potential applications other than simply suggesting things we might like to buy, For example at the large hotel I work at part time we use a similar program to keep track of valued and frequent guests, storing things like what kind of food and drink they like, weather they like their room to be on a high floor or low floor and other preferences.
I loved the “physical display” table taken from X-Men, I have a real passion for 3D Modelling and the prospect of something like this just blew my mind. The ability to model a shape or form, and then have it quickly materialize in a static form seems quite beyond our time, but with rapid prototyping machines able to produce models from 3D models quite quickly and extremely accurately, this sort of thing probably isn’t too much of a pipe dream.
Fatherland (1994) (TV)
Punch card computer filing system.This Science fiction film, which looks at an ‘alternate history’ in which Germany won World War Two, and the characters are living in a Modern day (1960 ish) NAZI Germany. I found the punch card computer archive in this film interesting, all of the countries archives were stored and categorised in a large building, and searched and accessed via a punch card computer. Although this isn’t a very unique idea, I really liked the way it was done in the film.
Star Wars (1977) (Film)
Holoboard / 3D monster chess gameI really loved the idea of this thing when I first saw it, it’s a Holographic version of chess, but with the pieces converted into monsters that would fight each other. It’s seen briefly towards the start of the movie, being played by Chewbacca and the droids to pass the time. The game consisted of a round table, about the size of a small coffee table, with a round chequered grid on the surface, which the Holographs were projected off. The players appeared to control their characters with a few buttons at either end of the table.
The Island (2005) (Film)
Internet phone boothThe ‘Internet booth’ consists of what looked like a modern day phone booth, but with an interactive voice recognition computer in place of the phone and phone book. The two main characters use it to search for somebody, and after the person is found, a video link is established between them and the user. I like the way this is quite a feasible artefact, as it uses technology we already have today to a certain degree, and combines them into a simple product that isn’t too far removed from reality.
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