Joe Morgan
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Self-Driving Cars
If you watched the 2004 Will Smith film ‘I Robot’, you’ll know that a minor plot point is that cars in this future are, by default, self-driving. They can still be driven manually, but this is considered a risky choice which only Smith’s character chooses to do, due to being a fan of such ‘retro’ choices. When his car is wrecked during an attack late in the film, his boss assumes that he crashed due to driving manually (the one time in the film he actually wasn’t). At the time of the film’s release, self-driving cars must have seemed hugely futuristic to help to sell the future setting.
By Joe Morganabout 7 hours ago in Wheel
Field Repairs
‘How’s it going down there?’ Sarah gave a distracted grunt, but otherwise ignored the question that came from her comm unit, focusing instead on the mess of circuitry and pipes in front of her. There was definitely some rewiring that needed to be done, but the positioning of the circuit board would make it awkward. This was because if an antimatter processing unit of this size broke down, you were supposed to replace it entirely. You certainly weren’t supposed to attempt field repairs with any part of the ship still powered up. The stickers on the unit didn’t warn you about voiding your warranty; they had a to-scale illustration detailing just how large an explosion you could cause.
By Joe Morgan6 years ago in Futurism
