Positioning

Student number: 13237906 Future is void, but the development of the technology had made it a bit clear. The film black mirror and the future scenario I had made with my peers give me a great impression of how our world would be like in the future. The development of the AI would replace the […]

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Literature Review

Student: 13237906 In the earliest 19th century, if we tell people that we invent a technology that can make our communication worldwide,  I doubt not many people will believe. Technology development has advanced at a high speed nowadays. It is important for the designer to consider the human-technology and future as they influence one’s perspective […]

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Script

Son: Hi, dad!! How have you been Dad: Hey, I’ve been good, just trying to settle in Son: Mum was getting worried because you took long to reply. Dad: Ah she worries too much! It took me time to adjust to the new place. Anyway, what have you been up to? Son: We have all […]

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The Evolution of Death

James J. Hughes’ Ph. D is a really interesting look in to cryonics movement and how it is redefining societies definitions of death. Although it isn’t the strongest correlation to our scenario, it is a great trigger to creatively thinking about the social, environmental, political, and individual implications of the increase in technology associated with […]

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Idea generation

Keywords of ideas: –          Funeral –          Texting, messaging –          Response from dead person –          Ear plug –          Voice/accent –          Cannot physically touch –          Father and son/daughter –          Computer and phone have data on them –          Person have their own account on Facebook –          Using a father figure –          Posthuman/transhuman –          Legacy account/ can nominate someone […]

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Techology from past to future

Future is the development of the space, time and a reflection of the past. However, “The past quickly fades into a condition of indistinctness, while the future is a void” this quote in the ‘Design futuring: sustainability, ethics and new practice’ by Tony Fry have indicated there is a disconnection between past and present within […]

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How to Future

Futuring is a term which focuses on developing prophecies to warn the present on different future trajectories based on current trends in reality (Zulin, 2017). These trends can lead us down a path towards a utopian or dystopian future and therefore we must analyse and evaluate these futures to create a present which works towards […]

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Are we there yet?

As we move through this world we are constantly changing. We aren’t who we were one second ago. This means that we have to constantly redefine our lives and paths. As there is no metric on how we define Dystopia and Utopia, how are we to know if we have in fact already reached it? […]

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