2057 - The Future

pretty amazing stuff :o Flying cars , reversible dearth , longer life expectations , self driving cars etc.

Part 1 : 2057: The Body http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1537644238897941086

Part 2 : 2057: The City http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6979560348655713314

Part 3 : 2057: The World http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7582986795752940587

Must Watch!

bbbbbbbullshit?

Remember how people thought the future would be 200 years ago?

I do believe in the documentary. I've seen it a while ago.

The robotic field is being developped quicker than we can imagine. You should see some of the MIT Projects they're working on.

Some japanese Universities are also working on some sick shit.

who remembers back in the 60's when they thought that the worlds fresh water supply would run out in 2000? (I, personally, don't because I wouldn't be born for another 30 years…)

but ya, my grandpa-in-law (is that a word? my aunts father?) works at MIT and has told me about some of the awesome stuff they are working on. its mind bottling, like when your mind gets trapped in a bottle.

I agree all the "amazing stuff" can be done, but not on a large scale. So maybe only some parts of the world will get the "tech transformation", that would suck.

I say lets patch before we upgrade.

people are currently working on self-driving cars, i saw a video of one on the tv a while ago, its sponsored by some famous racetrack company. but yeah this looks pretty cool

Yeah, I've seen loads on self driving cars, they have working ones which can follow other cars who do know what they are doing

spyware wrote:

I say lets patch before we upgrade.

Great quote, I agree completely.

About the self-driving cars, the new Lexus 600h (i think 600) has mad safety features. They had a review and article about it in Car and Driver where the guy testing it TRIED to crash, but couldn't. The car sensed an object in the road and automatically applied the brakes. In the test the author did, he drove at a constant 60 mph and by the time he got to the object in the road he was doing 10, without him doing anything (the object happened to be a row of large cones) It senses if your head is turned the other way, and will beep and alert you if you happen to not be paying attention and the radars sense danger. On top of that, it has assisted steering so the car practically swerves around objects for you, if needed. Its a bargain at only $105,000.

http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/27/gm-will-launch-self-driving-car-in-2008/