Where is the future that was predicted in 1958? This presentation looks at three trends that were forecast and didn't happen. The problem is future bias - we tend to think that the future will be like today, but it often surprising.

1. Where is the future?

2. Tomorrowland - 1958

3. Agenda Introduction Three predictions from 1958 Thinking critically about 2010 Homework

4. Phillip Allen MGSM Partnership Institute Manager Past Researcher Think Tank ABF Technology Forecaster IDC Masters eCommerce (eLearning) Deakin University PhD Australian Graduate School of Management Thesis – Technology Management and Innovation Economics Degree - University of Newcastle

5. Objectives Share three predictions that didn’t happen Encourage your thinking about the future Spark ideas Have a dialogue as we step through the presentation

6. 1 The Ford Nucleon Nuclear-powered concept car

7. 2 Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet

8. 3 The Paperless office

9. However . . . However . . .

10. Whatever happened to? Fun Jet Packs Monorails Pastel Computers Rocket Shoes Holograms Fax Machines Teleportation Good Riddance Please Come Back The Media Second Life Cold War Nokia Dog Translators Self-Cleaning House Clippy Boring

11. VHS vs Beta Case study superior technology doesn’t always win

12. Waking up in the future

13. Films as Idea Generators

14. Augmented Reality

15. Cisco Telepresence and HP Halo

16. Homework Action learning Feed your hungry mind