Jan 22 2010
Forward Thinking
A lot of my stories take place in the future so I tend to do a lot of extrapolating as to how things will be then. From the mundane to the highly technical.
For example the CONDOR story that I have takes place, primarily, on a spaceship. While there are a lot of television shows that think and show how life on a spaceship might be in the future I try to steer away from certain things that have been done, like transporters or teleporters. I look to other things, such as ways to keep in shape while in space, ways to generate artificial gravity, ways for oceanic species to exist among air breathers, even if they might need acne treatment creams, toothcare, transplants, artificial limbs, ocular implants, communication systems, how television would work.
I don’t think there’ll be flat screen television. I’ve always thought that television would be more projection based, a full experience rather than just flat watching, and it seems I may be on the right track with that. I also figure that there’ll be a lot more interaction, society as a whole is embracing the digital nature of communication. A lot of television shows are embracing Facebook and Twitter to interact with their fans and get direct input. I could see in the future that television shows might even embrace that to the degree of being live and getting input from their fans as to how things should go, in a sort of “choose your own adventure” fashion.
I also figure that work outs will go the way of the Wii, that they’ll be highly interactive, using perhaps gloves and leg sensors and pads that sense the amount of weight that you’re putting out.
