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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Life is not a movie or is it?
It can't be denied that movies are part of our lifes, movies are useful to have a good time with friends, to make us feel emotions through them and even to inspire us, not only emotionally, but also technologically. We can say that the seventh art has been a technological oracle, this is because many technological devices have emerged after their appearance in films, among which we can mention the following:
1. Back to the Future - The legendary sneakers that adjust themselves were created by Nike, you just have to put your foot inside them and they will tie and adjust instantly.
2. Minority Report - In this futuristic film we can observe Tom Cruise seeing a future crime while he is using a screen which he doesn't touch. the prediction of the crime is still impossible, but nowadays thanks to Kinect of Microsoft and to a Pc it can be possible to manage programmes just by making specific gestures.
3. Star Wars - The holographic message that princess leia send to Obi wan is now possible because scientists have discovered how to paralyze the light, which is the main step to create holograms, so maybe in a near future our messages will be sent by holographic images.
4. Harry Potter - The newspaper with talking images that exists in Harry Potter's world is about to be part of ours too. This technological advance will be use for 90-seconds advertisements on the pages of the US Magazine Entertainment Weekly.
Sometimes it seems that there is nothing that technology couldn't do, all these inventions were just part of the imagination some years ago, but now they are here and we don't have to be a character from a movie to enjoy them.
There is any technological device present in movies that you would like to see in real life?
Very interesting topic, I really enjoyed it! When I started reading it, I immediately thought about the well-known movie Artificial Intelligence. As you may know, this movie portrays the life of a child android who was programmed with the ability to love.
I remember that when I watched this movie (ten years ago), I thought if we would be witness of that kind of evolution someday—we are still not, but I’m afraid we are closer. A.I really exposes a futuristic world, where androids—robots with human appearance—have the capability of performing almost all human roles. It’s hard to believe, don’t you think?
On the one hand, I feel it could be amazing to be surrounded with androids because of all the functions that we could assign them in order to help us to improve as a civilization, but on the other hand, it may be very disappointment to assign them the function of partner, friend, lover, son, etc., because we are afraid of being alone.
I am always watching movie scenes everywhere. Situation, dialogos or places are related with movies,. In the field of technology, directors have support of scientifics and doctor to develop a movie as realistic as it would be.sometimes devices shown in movies are prototypes, so ir isn't strange that then you see it in real world. What's next? teletrasportation, live in Mars, houses under the sea.
Very interesting topic, I really enjoyed it! When I started reading it, I immediately thought about the well-known movie Artificial Intelligence. As you may know, this movie portrays the life of a child android who was programmed with the ability to love.
ReplyDeleteI remember that when I watched this movie (ten years ago), I thought if we would be witness of that kind of evolution someday—we are still not, but I’m afraid we are closer. A.I really exposes a futuristic world, where androids—robots with human appearance—have the capability of performing almost all human roles. It’s hard to believe, don’t you think?
On the one hand, I feel it could be amazing to be surrounded with androids because of all the functions that we could assign them in order to help us to improve as a civilization, but on the other hand, it may be very disappointment to assign them the function of partner, friend, lover, son, etc., because we are afraid of being alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqS83f-NUww Enjoy it!
I am always watching movie scenes everywhere. Situation, dialogos or places are related with movies,. In the field of technology, directors have support of scientifics and doctor to develop a movie as realistic as it would be.sometimes devices shown in movies are prototypes, so ir isn't strange that then you see it in real world. What's next? teletrasportation, live in Mars, houses under the sea.
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