Not-so-Futuristic, The Chapter Mason is Missing
When we think about the future, our juvenile minds take us
on a journey to a land where sky scrapers are higher than the twin towers,
where cars hover, and we are all wearing sunglasses that wrap around our heads
as if it is a virtual simulator. I recently viewed a video on YouTube that
portrayed a potential future that is more realistic to the road we are
currently travelling; regarding media communication, and everyday tasks. The
video depicted a day in the life an average working man, from waking up and
turning off his alarm clock by sliding his hand over his phone without touching
it. It proceeded to show a girl in the bathroom brushing her teeth, the mirror
doubled as a touch screen giving her a day calendar, a clock, with a news feed
of current events that she could instantaneously share with whomever she
clicked on. The idea behind the video was that new technology is not that far
off when we consider how far it has come, and the touch screen has literally
swarmed our nation. Cellphones, ipods, and ipads are leaving their mark and
sparking the imagination of pirates everywhere.
Although the video was created through editing and adding
the touch screens in after the video was taken, the idea is still there. All
that needs to happen is for the right pirate to create, or rather manipulate
existing software and make this video a reality.
The reality as of right now is that there is technology that
exists at this moment of wireless power. Systems currently exist that deliver
electricity to devices without wires at all. What needs to happen now is for a
skilled programmer (when I say this I can’t help but think about pirates) to
tackle the technical aspect of this concept, and design the physical and metaphoric
interior.
Our world has mad in necessary to give hands on
opportunities to gain insight and real experience. Touch screens are literally
hands on equipment and I believe it brings more connectivity to the average
thoughts of media such as video games, Facebook, and YouTube. Instead of moving
your mouse a few inches to the right you can physically touch where you want to
go. In this sense it could minimize frustrations of use of a mouse. Sometimes it’s
slow, sometimes it doesn’t connect properly and this is a mild solution to
that. Not to mention, we already take our phones with us everywhere and if this
desktop mechanism could actually collapse and expand at your desired touch it would
round yet another corner in technological myths.
This technology is out there, it just needs to be tweaked
and adjusted to our society’s desire.