DocAndersen
There is water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. That is something that can happen to those shipwrecked at sea. Saltwater is not suitable for you to drink. So, you create a way to catch rainwater. From the perspective of technology, some things are designed to catch rain, like those shipwrecked survivors floating out in the middle of the ocean. Those technologies are the things that make our lives just a little easier. I am joking about talking about my grandfather’s Armstrong automated television remote (Boy, change the channel). It was something my grandfather did; he thought it was hilarious to make me get up, change the channel, sit down, only to get up and change the channel again.
I would even, at times, pause and wait, but he still did that. It made me get up the minute I sat down. It seems funny now. The concept of a remote seems like something that isn’t critical, but when is the last time you didn’t have a remote for a TV? That you got up and changed channels? That made our lives a little easier. Now we are moving to a world where media is everywhere. What is the next freshwater device? Catchy titles a couple of days ago on purpose, talking about saying goodbye to your TV. That the functionality of the TV was going away, in effect, it will go away. There is a concept of smart walls that may, for a short term, replace televisions. But in the long run, intelligent walls will also be stop-gap measures.
The next big thing is interesting. The thing about a TV is that it is one size. You put it where you think you would want to watch it. Now in the early days, Televisions were less portable than they are now. But now they are not portable. The original TV’s fit in your living room and you could move it if you want to. Now many flat screens are mounted on the wall or above the fireplace. A smart fence would have the same issue overall. It is, after all, a wall. The future is going to be the holographic projector. That will allow you to put the projector where you are, and see the images as if they were three dimensional. Today Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality exists but often with a specialized headset. In the future, you will have a holographic projector that simply shares everything as if it were in the room with you.
Once these hit the market, the number of horror movies I would even consider watching goes way down!
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have you ever been an Armstrong remote?
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Do you stream content today?
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If your television talked to you, would you jump?
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Did you ever have a TV with only 13 stations on a dial?
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With the holgrphic projector you can bring the dead back to life , it scares me out of my mind.
technically they won’t be alive, but i do understand your point. To see someone walking and talking again as if they were in the room with you, would be disconcerting.
I have dreams like that often.
i think all of us have those dreams from time to time.
Q: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN AN ARMSTRONG REMOTE?
Yes (5 votes) – 71%
No (2 votes) – 29%
Q: DO YOU STREAM CONTENT TODAY?
Yes (4 votes) – 67%
No (2 votes) – 33%
Q: IF YOUR TELEVISION TALKED TO YOU, WOULD YOU JUMP?
Yes (5 votes) – 83%
No (1 votes) – 17%
Q: DID YOU EVER HAVE A TV WITH ONLY 13 STATIONS ON A DIAL?
Yes (5 votes) – 83%
No (1 votes) – 17%
Your last line made me imagine watching TWD in VR. Hehehe. Or a VR version of the Resident Evil and you are right smack in the horde of zombies chasing Alice. LOL
I was little then, but I remember our first tv has a huge wooden case and it’s black and white. And it takes a few minutes before you will see a clear picture!
those were the days! my grandfather was a very good bowler and won two color TVs. One was a Magnavox color TV that was 17 inch and he gave that to us.
TV was turned on by hand when I grew up in the 1960s and saved me from many hours of boredom. For a while my parents even had a console TV with the TV on one side and record player on the other.
i remember those – my grandfather had one. My dad had a separate HiFi , he loved to listen to PPM (Peter Paul and Mary)
I can remember only having three channels for years.
in Chicago we had 9 channels. we moved to Bloomington and we had 3 most days, and on clear days we had the 4th channel!
First we went to the neighbors to watch the neighbors the first black and white Bulgarian TV Opera. Later, there were people who traveled to the former Yugoslavia and brought colored glass, which was placed in front of the screen. These were wonderful experiences that last a lifetime.
i remember seeing that colored glass in some of the houses of my grandparent’s friends when I was young.
We bought the TV very late. In our country, only the rich had a TV.
i think it is like that all over the world. My grandfather won the first color TV we had.
I bought my first color TV when I was already married.
we would not have had one had my grandfather not won it in a bowling tournament
The holographic projectors are really cool but I fear they will separate people from reality even more once they get mass produced.
they may, it is an interesting point. Not sure because we don’t have a lot of connection now.
I don’t want my television to talk to me. I am certain he would be mean!
i would hope the TV was kind – but I could see the two of you arguing
Sadly, I am pretty certain I would be dumb enough to argue with the television. This morning I was trying to correct grammer to someone speaking on the television.
i do that all the time – when the newscaster reads the text and doesn’t think about what they are saying.
MY husband finally turned off the television and told me to something productive. Is this productive?
it is very productive – you made me smile!