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    Science Fiction

    Science Fact

    How has science fiction influenced


    actual hard scientific innovation and
    invention over the years?
    Dean Kamen
    Dean Kamen – on The Design Process and innovation…
    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Da Vinci was well know as an artist, musician,


    architect and engineer.
    Da Vinci was also less well known as a military
    designer, creating many mechanically advanced
    war machines…
    …including this design
    for a gear driven battle
    tank…
    …and a design for a helicopter.
    As well as other flying devices.
    Da Vinci was a master of observation
    and reverse engineering.
    Da Vinci also
    made very well
    documented
    anatomical studies
    of humans and
    animals, both from
    observation and
    from speculation.
    Can science fiction become
    science fact?

    Let Star Trek be our guide…

    STAR TREK was an original TV


    series created by Gene Rodenberry
    that ran from 1966 to 1968.
    STAR TREK has spawned several
    movies and multiple TV spin-offs
    watched by thousands of children who
    went into science and engineering.
    Huge numbers of scientific and
    engineering innovators were influenced
    by the technology they saw on Star Trek.
    Inspiration which was used to create devices
    that included the first desktop computer.

    The Star Trek version seen to the left and two


    early Apple computers seen below.
    Computer
    Diskettes…
    Bluetooth
    Headsets…
    Tablet computers…
    And possibly the most common
    technological innovation of all…
    The Cell Phone…
    The first cell phone created by
    Dr. Martin Cooper was a direct attempt
    to replicate a device seen on Star Trek.
    The cell phone.
    Its both an invention
    AND an innovation.

    Why?

    What is it that makes


    it both?

    HINT: Think about what


    Dean Kamen said about
    innovation.
    Where did the idea for the interface on the movie
    Minority Report come from?
    Who designed it and is it real?

    John Underkoffler (on TED Talks)…


    Thomas Edison and the science of sound...

    EXRA CREDIT:
    How many more examples can you come
    up with?
    STAR TREK CONTINUES TO PIONEER
    INNOVATIVE THINKING INCLUDING THE
    USE OF CUTTING EDGE PROSTHETIC
    DESIGN…

    See Dr. Sheila Nierenberg discuss


    new vision prosthetics at TEDMED
    …and cybernetics.

    A robot is usually an
    electro-mechanical
    machine that is guided by
    computer and electronic
    programming.

    An android is a robot
    designed to look like a
    human being.

    A cyborg (or cybernetic


    organism) is a
    combination of organic
    and mechanical parts.
    Science Fiction
    Science Fact

    PART II…
    Aimee Mullins
    and her Cheetah Legs…
    Aimee Mullins attitude that the goal of prosthetics should not be merely
    be to replicate “normality”, but instead, enhance and augment, drove
    innovation in prosthetic design.

    “Why should people who have a disability always be


    considered to be lacking in some way?”
    Prosthetic design has
    since moved from an
    emphasis on just
    practical (or
    replacement) to energy
    spent on aesthetic
    innovation …
    practical innovation…

    Aron Ralston (127 Hours)…


    and function
    (prosthetics that are controlled by thought).

    The US Defense Advanced Research


    Projects Agency (DARPA)

    DARPA Revolutionizing Prosthetics program


    Dean Kamen
    Dean Kamen – one of today’s major innovators in the
    field of medical design and invention, especially today’s
    cutting edge prosthetic design with DARPA.
    Dean Kamen’s work with DARPA falls into which category of
    development – robotics, androids or cybernetics?

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