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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.
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Michell Zappamz@envisioningtech.com
London Futurists
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InevitabilityEfficiency ComplexityInherence
1. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
INHERENCETechnology wants to be part of us.
“ Anything useful thatwe make is technology.
— Kevin Kelly— Founding executive editor, WIRED Magazine
EFFICIENCYTechnology wants to be faster.
SPEEDCOST
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ADOPTIONTIME
COMPLEXITYTechnology creates itself out of itself.
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LCD
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tooth USB
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sync
Touch-screen
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TFT-LCD LCD CRT
Multi-touch
Touch-screen
Key-board
NFC
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Internet TCP
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App store
Socialnetwork
Photocamera
Multi-media
Kernel
system
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IPS
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SIM
INEVITABILITYIf it’s possible, it’s necessary.
InevitabilityEfficiency Complexity
1. TECHNOLOGICAL IMPERATIVES
Inherence
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2. MAKING SENSE OF INNOVATION
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AI INTERNET INTERFACES SENSORS UBICOMP ROBOTICS BIOTECH MATERIALS ENERGY SPACE GEOTECH
“SCI-FI SCAFFOLDING”
3. BETTER GUESSES
Faces & smiles
Ubiquity
Person recognition
Object recognition
Focus & cropping
“UBICAM”
Knows where you areKnows who you are withKnows what to focus onKnows what matters to you
Records & publishes automatically.
“UBICAM”
“UBICAM”
“UBICAM”
£499
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Mesh networking
Better photovoltaics
Affordable smartphones
“AIRDROPPED REVOLUTIONS”
“AIRDROPPED REVOLUTIONS”
Drone cameras
Swarm robotics
Computer vision
“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
“IRREPRESSIBLE PANOPTICON”
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
4. WHAT NEXT?
“ 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!
HIT & MISS
envisioningtech.com/methodology/
Thank you.
@envisioningtech mz@envisioningtech.com
envisioningtech.com
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