In the Waking Up forest scene, Aweena says that she printed out clothes in the style of 2008, so that Ben could wear something he felt comfortable in. At the moment I wrote that, I had only seen 3D printing of solid objects, not something that was woven or knitted….but now it is here!
In this film at 3:38, the guy pulls out a printed glove! Already, in 2012, we can print clothes! Obviously, there is no doubt at all we can print whole outfits in any kind of material, style, shape and color in 2112, a 100 years from now. So the scene is legit.
I think it is really exiting to see what comes true and how it comes true of what is going to be predicted in Waking Up movie. At the moment, there are a lot of discussions about the predictions on this site and in the google docs.
I stand my ground when it comes to some things I simply WANT to come true in the future and in this film, like ‘free energy’ and ‘anti gravity’. I’d rather look stupid and silly with them never coming true in my life time, than NOT believing it coming true, and then it does. I also think imagining and ‘predicting’ something creates a self fulfilling prophesy.
So far, it looks like the future will overshoot any of my wildest imaginations. In any case, we will have to monitor development crucially so that the screenplay for Waking Up movie can be updated as far as possible in those regards. It certainly can happen that what we have imagined today undershoots reality by far in only 5 years.
Here’s another one with a printed airplane…:
April 17, 2012 at 4:51 pm
“I stand my ground when it comes to some things…”
stand your ground, harald!! don’t let anybody limit your dream. this IS a MOVIE about a POSSIBLE FUTURE after all, so don’t worry about people claiming that something you want to put in it is “unrealistic.”
all movies are “unrealistic.” and that’s precisely why people go out to see them–to forget about “real life.”
April 17, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Thank Yuu!
You are completely right. I just can’t believe how many naysayers there are out there….and how much they want to argue…. Still, I just become more and more resilient.
April 10, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Fine Harald. Well, the book “lloking Forward”, by Jacque Fresco and Kenneth Keyes. It´s a precise vision of the posibilities for te future, ideal for use it in the Waiking Up film. Is easy to find in the venusproject website and Internet. And many files in Internet, trough torrent service. Almost 30 GB of information. And the Trom-The reality of Me website. I have the video Cities in the Sea and Self-Erected Structures, but, I can´t sent it by email cause is data up 25MB. I have aditional information about several alternatives energies and machinery that can be usefull.
April 11, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Thank you Juan! Even though I have read a lot and have a lot of information, I can always use more. We know now basically how the world in Waking Up will look like. What we need is how to show this in the story in a compelling way. Take a look at the google docs to see how far we’ve come.
If you have additional information, please share it. It is all received with joy. I’ll send you an email so you have mine.
April 5, 2012 at 5:46 pm
More news about printing. They are also working on printing your own robot:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17614392
April 5, 2012 at 11:26 am
Great, and as for the contact lenses as mobile phone, Google is working on glasses as a mobile phone. To be released at the end of this year. See:
g.co/projectglass
April 5, 2012 at 5:33 pm
The youtube video displaying how it would work is here:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9c6W4CCU9M4
April 4, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Perhaps it needs an update…
Programmable printed clothes. Everyone wears the same basic outfit, but individually styled. Think along the lines of HTML and CSS.
shirt.tie_dyed { size: small; background-gradient-top-left: #FF8888; background-gradient-center-center: #FFFFFF; background-gradient-bottom-right: #8888FF; color: #FFFFFF; content: “Waking Up” }
Never have to print an entire wardrobe, just print the self-cleaning fabric (already invented) molded into your individual size, then change up the style as often as you please. Make it recyclable…talk about cutting down on waste.
April 5, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Everything is possible. That said, 3D printing will be 100% recyclable in an in house ‘recycling machine’, turning what came out of the 3D printer into what goes into it, not wasting anything. If you have a set of clothes you’re tired of, just put it into the ‘recycler’ and it will be used as raw material for the 3D printer. This does of course not rule out what you are mentioning in your email as well. It won’t be ‘this’ or ‘that’. Just like today, there will be an abundance of choices.
April 3, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Harald, It may even be, currently unbeknownst to us, that we are not just 3D printing, but matter replicating. If that were so, we would have harnessed great new technologies that could take a “peace loving” civilization forward very rapidly. I know the movie has to have early 21st century intrigue but there is also the opportunity to make distinctions as to what drives humankind towards better. In dramatic productions, without conflict, there is insufficient contrast and dramatic tension to continue to engage people as to see how it works out. If you look at parables and stories by great spiritual masters, the drama is often caused by the self, driven by fear, pride or greed. But those were written for the Bronze and Iron Age emergent civilizations. Unencumbered by the powers that be and a monetary system that is about enslavement, what is possible for the world in a century? So, my advice is, think even bigger, like Gene Roddenberry did in the 60s when Star Trek became part of the cultural motif. Cheers, Rick
April 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Absolutely. We’ve come pretty far on the story now, though. Working on getting it online…. But if you have any concrete suggestions they are very welcomed.
April 3, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Harald Sandø, can you give your email for send you 3 e-books of the venus projects? And I can show you aditional information you can download from torrent service, and diferents technologies can be usefull for the waking up film.
April 5, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Juan, I know a lot about the Venus Project and know both Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows personally and have also read and seen a lot of their stuff. If you have something to send me, please use the contact form, and I will reply with my email address.