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The Living Room of the Future, from 1979 (pic)
- dpapathanasiou 19y agoJust goes to show how difficult making predication about the future is: except for the domestic robot, none of those have been realized yet.
- davidw 19y agoEh? It's actually not too bad, once you get past the captain-dork-of-the-future outfit that guy has on (replete with white boots): - Giant tv's - can't say since they don't define giant, but what with projects and huge flat screens, I'd say it's true. - Flat screen tvs. - Video camera - they're wrong about the holographs, but right about electronic cameras. - video disc player - well... not quite, but pretty close. - most mail will be sent in electronic form. I think that's true - just that the volume of paper mail didn't diminish.
- pg 19y agoInteresting. Every one has happened, except that perennial tarpit, the robot serving drinks. Predictions about the future are driven by a mix of what we expect to happen and what we hope will happen. Domestic robots, flying cars, and apps that take natural language commands are dangerous to work on because predictions about them are driven mainly by hope.
- ivankirigin 19y agoTo temper dreams of robots: There will be a lag in robots in the home before there is a boom. The problem is that manipulating an environment is harder than moving around in it, or even understanding it. A Roomba can get around, but only the latest version has any idea where it is. Even if it did localization and mapping, it would just be a better vacuum cleaner. Applications available to robots that can move around and know where they are include surveillance, reconnaissance, tele-presence, and most importantly: automated driving. AutoBots will be huge, and soon. But it will be a long time before robots make you drinks using the tools you use. A robot will sooner recognize my drink is a Gin & Tonic than make it.
- altay 19y agoActually, I hacked my Roomba to bring me gin & tonics.
- ivankirigin 19y agoI'd love to see the design :)
- altay 19y agoSadly, I was kidding. Does sound like a fun project, though. Hey, that's quite a vision of the future: your Roomba gets you drunk, and your AutoBot drives you home.
- ivankirigin 19y agoWhen I work on commercial automated driving, I plan to get Budweiser to sponsor the effort. Perpetually vigilant designated driver == license to drink like a fish.