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Futurology
1. Ins$tute
of
Crea$ve
Technologies
Futurology
aka
Back
to
the
Future
3
Dr
Tracy
Harwood
Senior
Research
Fellow
E:
tharwood@dmu.ac.uk
@tgharwood
2. Overview
• Technologies
of
science
fic$on
• Current
state
of
‘futuris$c’
technologies
• Back
to
the
Future
next
gen
3. Science
Fact
• Cornerstones
of
the
links
we
make
today
between
Fic$on
&
Fact
(Futurists)
–
– Isaac
Asimov
(Founda$on
Series,
Galac$c
Empire
series
and
Robot
series)
– Arthur
C
Clarke
(Space
Odyssey
series)
– Robert
A
Heinlein
(Starship
Troopers)
13. Future:
next
gen
• 5
years
• 20
years
• 50
years
Ideas
and
thoughts?
14. Future:
next
gen
• Direct
vs
indirect
compe$$on
• Radical
vs
incremental
innova$on
• Available
resource
exploita$on
• Commercial
vs
societal
mandate
• People
vs
machines
15. An
ending
…
…
the
best
way
to
predict
future
is
to
create
it
…