Anabel's E-learning and Digital Cultures site » future http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/anabeld part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Sudden Leap http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/anabeld/2013/03/10/race-for-technological-firsts/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/anabeld/2013/03/10/race-for-technological-firsts/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:45:58 +0000 Anabel Drought http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/anabeld/?p=296 I have been reading a lot this week about new technologies , there seems to be a sudden surge in innovative designs of futuristic concepts.

It’s about making “real”

It’s about making it accessible

It is about the aesthetics and the design

Google Glass: getting to grips with 'geek aesthetics' | Technology | The Observer.

It is about competition for speed of introduction and market share

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Stop Dave sound clip – is even more eerie without the video!

Click here to view the embedded video.

This is the ultimate fear in a dystopian future – lack of control

A dark dystopian future where machines have life and death control over humans, where they can read humans minds and anticipate next moves, where they have inbuilt self preservation, where they are able to conceal information.

I love that the dark side has been reproduced comically by the Simpsons

Click here to view the embedded video.

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