Future Now
The IFTF Blog
"Peter Hesseldahl meets ""A Scanner Darkly"""
Last year we interviewed Danfoss Universe futurist Peter Hesseldahl on collective intelligence. Peter has recently released Snapshots Fra Fremtiden, seven scenarios about life in 2030, illustrated lavishly by graphic artist Emil Landgreen. For those of you who don't read Danish, there's an English translation.
Here are the scenarios:
Your memories as a multimedia presentation. The liferecorder is an electronic gadget descending from the mobile phone, the I-pod and the camcorder. It is capable of recording and storing every action, appointment or experience in your life.
Digital aura. No more fumbling with keys, mobile phones or portable computers. Use your digital aura to signal to everything and everyone.
As you wish it. Rebuild your car in ten minutes, have the colors of your nail polish change with your mood-- or create your own line of furniture as if it was built from LEGO bricks.
Pharming. Future farmers grow artificial meat from the molecular level and energy is a major cash crop. It's hard to recognize the old country side.
Our extended nervous system. Wearing the scanner net you can sense what others feel-- or you can control a robot or virtual character.
Drugged. Welcome to a future where taking drugs to perform at your best is… natural.
Robo-pet, man's best friend. Our surroundings come alive. Toys will speak, systems will think, and we will become very emotionally attached to our robots.
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