Welcome to this fresh installment of Seriously Geeky Sundays! The updates have been deployed, new software is installed, and the machines have restarted! Links of note will be listed under Further Reading.
What is the weirdest fictional technology item you’ve seen?
Virtual Epiphantic Identity Lustre. In Neal Stephenson’s Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel, it’s described as this:
“They all had wearables with large, reflective lenses, and so their eyes could not be seen. From the cheekbones down, their faces were exposed. But points and patches of light, projected by lasers in the lower rims of the glasses, were flashing and sliding all over their faces in a programmed manner that had been designed to foil facial recognition systems. “
What is the most disastrous technological innovation?
Social currency. My favorite/most disturbing episode of Black Mirror was “Nosedive.” In quick summation, every social interaction is rated on a 5-star scale, even banal ones like buying coffee. The rank determines your actual socioeconomic status. I couldn’t live with such a volatile standard.
Who is your favourite robot/droid?
K-2SO. I was so bummed that he was only part of a one-shot. I wanted to see more space adventures with this sassy sarcastic droid.
What fictional futuristic item do you think will become real one day?
Augmented reality computers, like J.A.R.V.I.S. in Iron Man. How neat would it be to not need a laptop or TV when you can have one machine project an interactive digital layer over reality?
What futuristic vehicle would you love to take for a ride?
Japan’s life-sized Gundam mech. Yeah, they built a 60 foot, soon to be walking replica of the RX-78-2, because why not? It can’t fly, but I would love to take that for a leisurely stroll.
If we’re sticking strictly to the realm of fantasy, however, then I would have to say the Nobel Gundam, purely because it reminds me of a magical girl.
If you could have any character/celebrity be the personality for a supercomputer, who would it be?
Jim Dale, hands down. I would have what amounts to hundreds of characters in one.
Further Reading
Seriously Geeky Sundays June Questions
“Japan is building a 60-foot-tall, walking Gundam robot“
“Nosedive“
Some awesome answers, although I may rethink asking for people’s ‘weirdest’ contributions next time 😀 There’s a Cassian Andor TV show coming so that should have plenty more K-2SO for us to enjoy!