Comments on: Why video telephones never… http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/ mind/tech bazar from outer space Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:02:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: no sense of place :: links for 2007-10-31 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-447967 no sense of place :: links for 2007-10-31 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:45:46 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-447967 [...] Pasta&Vinegar » Blog Archive » Why video telephones never… Futurism has a tendency to take the products of today and merely extrapolate them. Thus TV becomes 3-D TV, cars become flying cars and telephones become video telephones. (tags: design future futurism phones video) Filed in Del.icio.us on October 31st, 2007. [...] […] Pasta&Vinegar » Blog Archive » Why video telephones never… Futurism has a tendency to take the products of today and merely extrapolate them. Thus TV becomes 3-D TV, cars become flying cars and telephones become video telephones. (tags: design future futurism phones video) Filed in Del.icio.us on October 31st, 2007. […]

]]> By: Michal Migurski http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444622 Michal Migurski Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:17:34 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444622 "Futurism has a tendency to take the products of today and merely extrapolate them." - I'm reminded of two very recent articles from Technology Review that trip over this kind of Futurism, one about standardization of 3D virtual worlds, and the other about the mainstreaming of the semantic web. Two technologies that feel like 3D flying video phones. “Futurism has a tendency to take the products of today and merely extrapolate them.” - I’m reminded of two very recent articles from Technology Review that trip over this kind of Futurism, one about standardization of 3D virtual worlds, and the other about the mainstreaming of the semantic web. Two technologies that feel like 3D flying video phones.

]]> By: Paul Mison http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444613 Paul Mison Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:48:20 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444613 I vaguely remember an effort to get portable television to take off as a product, but of course tiny 7" screens don't work that well. If someone had just predicted the market for portable telephones instead, eh? Or, to paraphrase, extrapolation can be right too, as long as you pick the right axis. I vaguely remember an effort to get portable television to take off as a product, but of course tiny 7″ screens don’t work that well. If someone had just predicted the market for portable telephones instead, eh?

Or, to paraphrase, extrapolation can be right too, as long as you pick the right axis.

]]> By: Cem Guney http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444602 Cem Guney Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:57:20 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/10/27/why-video-telephones-never/#comment-444602 people that are not fully aware of conceptual ideas tend to interpret -movements- in a populist basis, thus resulting in superficial outcomes..."Futurism", an influential art movement of the 20th century is certainly not a soothsaying tool...it's groundwork is of creation, which most importantly enhances our perception of the future, hence to increase our capability in critical foresighting...I certainly feel for why you have blogged this topic... people that are not fully aware of conceptual ideas tend to interpret -movements- in a populist basis, thus resulting in superficial outcomes…”Futurism”, an influential art movement of the 20th century is certainly not a soothsaying tool…it’s groundwork is of creation, which most importantly enhances our perception of the future, hence to increase our capability in critical foresighting…I certainly feel for why you have blogged this topic…

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