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IcerocketA Little Bit Future, A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll
Posted 09.06.2006 at 3:14 pm
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This week we're unveiling PopSci's House of the Future in California—a real, live wonder-mansion built in partnership with Sunset magazine that contains all sorts of amazing gadgets and new technologies designed to make everyday life easier, more fun and better for the planet. As I write this, our publisher and ed-in-chief are in the Bay Area, preparing to fête the house’s big opening day. (Stay tuned for lots of coverage of the house in the coming months.)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, PopSci.com is celebrating the futuristic-house concept with the launch of a brand-new video blog called "Future Girl" (yup, that’s me). The first episode is all about—you guessed it—"Houses of the Future." I talked to Barry Bergdoll, newly appointed curator of architecture and design at MoMA, about emerging trends in home design. I don't want to give too much away, but Bergdoll's vision includes "interactive membranes." (It's probably best if you just watch the video.)
So what's the plan for "Future Girl"? Each month I will interview a notable innovator or expert from the world of science and technology, and probably dance around to the awesome theme song written by contributing troubador Jonathan Coulton. You will watch and laugh and learn. Doesn’t that sound nice? Check out the video here and let me know what you think. —Megan Miller
Link: Future Girl video
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Pretty neat, looks like a fun show. I look forward to future episodes.
The guest was knowledgeable but I have seen many similar predictions (they date back to the late 1800s) of prefab housing replacing the standard version we have today and they all end up falling by the wayside.
And not to nitpick but don't we already live in 'space'? Or has Megan figured out how to build the Tesseract House?
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulhttp://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/heinlein/heinl...
Cool visuals, lame content, hot ass broad. Hope she gets better topics and shows more skin in the future.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulCool visuals, lame content, hot ass nerdy broad. Hope she gets better topics and shows more skin in the future.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulFuturegirl,
Looks like a great idea for a blog. Only one request/suggestion: please offer something besides quicktime version.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulQuick stat: Somewhere near 85% of people have Quicktime installed, but almost 97% can see Flash video. Those numbers vary depending on who you ask, but the ratios are almost always the same.
Justa thought for future episodes. Cute show, cuter girl. :)
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpful"Hot ass nerdy broad"
What more could you ask for?
Anyway, interesting theme.
0 out of 0 people found this comment helpfulthis is boring. next....
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