MetaFilter posts tagged with future and computers

“We try and illustrate a “universe-next-door” where the new product is the only novelty. Where there is still tea, and the traffic is still miserable.”

The Whelk — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:24:51 -0800

Future Drama is a tumblr devoted to that particular kind of futurism - corporate prediction demos of how their products will change the world - See The Mother Of All Demos from 1968 introducing the mouse, video conferencing, teleconferencing, hypertext, word processing - Apple in 1987 - Philco-Ford The Future Now!

OH MY GOD I AM SO EXCITED

azarbayejani — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:36:49 -0800

Home Computing in the Future, according to Freescale Semiconductor (Vimeo) (via)

Life in the Future

caddis — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:57:02 -0800

40 Years in the Future - Another "what will life look like in the future" article. This one from Mechanix Illustrated, 1968. (via Boing Boing)

The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law

0bvious — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:43:01 -0800

The first Transhuman Conference On the Law of Transhuman Persons: Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is it time to start drafting new laws to govern all possible sentient beings on this planet? or is it all just a science of fiction? a comfortable humanist illusion?

Gates talks with an editor at Scientific American

sourbrew — Tue, 13 Jul 2004 02:01:57 -0800

Gates talks about our future. Bill gates shows a side that is rarely seen by computer users. Love him or h a t e h i m, I just want to know why he doesn't want me to have one of these some time in the next 15 years too.

tiaka — Sat, 23 Jun 2001 14:50:01 -0800

Future of computing - Light or Molecules?

New Global Warming Threat

PaperCut — Fri, 09 Jun 2000 20:17:58 -0800

New Global Warming Threat In fifty years, computation will be so complex, and so demanding of memory and working on devices of such intricacy" - the sugarcube of Beelzebub - "that a single calculation could change the heat level of the universe."