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2057: Cities, The World & Body (Discovery drama-docs)

submitted by benjee

1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago

The first of three drama-documentaries (2 linked below) by the Discovery channel, attempting to predict future technologies via drama - intersplicing each section with interviews and 'the science bit' of the documentary. The City envisages holographic pets & robots, intelligent cars and networked smart buildings that help & protect us all - plus the related present technologies. The World looks at the future geo-politics of Earth's limited natural resources - via various space & military technologies plus renewable power sources (exluding the ocean's gas hydrates!) Whilst The Body looks into emerging bio-technology; such as intelligent clothing, chip implants and body part production.

The World @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7582986795752940587
The Body @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1537644238897941086

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Lots of neat geeky stuff here. Pull up a chair and relax while I attempt to *save

Saving this video from queue deletion, sending it to the top of the queue for one more try. Originally submitted on Thursday 19th April 2007 (save called by gold star member firefly)

For those who like to go right to the highlights,
After a three-minute intro, here’s a rough breakdown:
Minute 4: 3D technologies, with traditional screens and “fogscreens”
Minute 8: networked cars/smart houses. This includes a segment of the DARPA Grand Challenge: completely autonomous vehicles navigating a desert obstacle course.
Minute 18: humanoid robots, including a background on Honda’s ASIMO
Minute 24: future in cyber-security (yep, hackers still exist!)
Minute 31: next generation surveillance and biometric systems, including not only photographing citizens, but identifying as well.
Minute 38: archival recovery; holographic crystals with microscopic images.

I can't believe I missed this! Nice one.

I guess I should have told someone about that holograph idea back in 2002, after all.

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This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by mauz15.

Awarding burdturgler with one Power Point for fixing this video's dead embed code.

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