by Socrates
Another one of Honda’s excellent series the Power of Dreams examines the potential modes of transportation in the year 2088. Mobility 2088 is a short doc that runs under 8 minutes yet it manages to take a really long-term look at the most imaginative but potential modes of transportation 80 years from now. Some of the things discussed are the internal combustion engine, alternative sources of fuel and energy, robotic cars, personal jet-packs, magnetic levitation, Google-maps directed personal space-ships and teleportation. What do you think? What will be the prevalent mode of transportation in the year 2088?
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by Socrates
With their android ASIMO Honda has been a pioneer in robotic technology for almost three decades. This short documentary, part of Honda’s the Power of Dreams series, titled Living with Robots interviews some of the key people in ASIMO’s project development and documents the technological challenges that they had to overcome. (For example, it took almost 10 years to teach ASIMO to walk.) In just under 10 min the movie manages to combine some clever company branding together with raising some profound questions about who we are and how technology in general and robotics in particular are a reflection of what we aspire to be. Well worth 10 minutes of your time. Related articles by Zemanta Honda Premieres “Living with Robots” Short-Film Documentary at Sundance Film Festival (eon.businesswire.com) Honda Technology Connects Brain with Robotics (amog.com)
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