london futurists (uk)
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My keynote presentation for the London Futurists Meetup group on 2012-05-26. The theme of the talk was to explain my "Sci-Fi Scaffolding" methodology.TRANSCRIPT
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GPSGPS
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GPSGPS
GPS
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InevitabilityEfficiency ComplexityInherence
1. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
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INHERENCETechnology wants to be part of us.
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“ Anything useful thatwe make is technology.
— Kevin Kelly— Founding executive editor, WIRED Magazine
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EFFICIENCYTechnology wants to be faster.
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SPEEDCOST
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RAM SSD MbpsCPU × FSB
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COMPLEXITYTechnology creates itself out of itself.
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Multi-touchXMPP Email SMS TFT-
LCD
NFCTrian-gulation A-GPS Blue-
tooth USB
GPRSNiMH File-system OS Cloud
sync
Touch-screen
Videocamera
Photocamera TCP IPS
GSMLi-Ion App store LTESocial
network
Li-Pol Multi-media EDGEKernel
HSDPAInternet MMS LCDSIM
Key-boardGPS Compass Wi-FiLED
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Videocamera
GSM
HSDPA
EDGE
GPRS
TFT-LCD LCD CRT
Multi-touch
Touch-screen
Key-board
NFC
Blue-tooth
USB
Wi-Fi
A-GPSGPSTrian-gulationCompass
XMPP
MMSSMS
Internet TCP
NiMH
Li-Ion
Li-Pol
Cloudsync
App store
Socialnetwork
Photocamera
Multi-media
Kernel
system
OS
IPS
LTE
SIM
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INEVITABILITYIf it’s possible, it’s necessary.
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InevitabilityEfficiency Complexity
1. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
Inherence
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GPS
GPS
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Genetic testing for $299
GPS
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2. MAKING SENSE OF INNOVATION
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AI INTERNET INTERFACES SENSORS UBICOMP ROBOTICS BIOTECH MATERIALS ENERGY SPACE GEOTECH
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“SCI-FI SCAFFOLDING”
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3. BETTER GUESSES
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Faces & smiles
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Ubiquity
Person recognition
Object recognition
Focus & cropping
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“UBICAM”
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Knows where you areKnows who you are withKnows what to focus onKnows what matters to you
Records & publishes automatically.
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“UBICAM”
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“UBICAM”
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“UBICAM”
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£499
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£499£29
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Mesh networking
Better photovoltaics
Affordable smartphones
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“AIRDROPPED REVOLUTIONS”
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“AIRDROPPED REVOLUTIONS”
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Drone cameras
Swarm robotics
Computer vision
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“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
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“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
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“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
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“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
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2014
Arkyd 100:In-orbit telescopeswith remote sensing
Arkyd 200:More scientific instrumentswith additional propulsion
Arkyd 300:Networked swarm of robotsorbiting an asteroid
Arkyd 300Arkyd 200
Arkyd 100
Asteroid miningH2O extraction
2020 2030 2040
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4. WHAT NEXT?
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“ It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
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HIT & MISS
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