Thought behind the thought:
We are in a ‘no strings attached’ but ‘constantly connected’ paradoxical world today. We talk on our Bluetooth devices at the cost of looking almost insane, store information on clouds instead of files and look for Wi-Fi instead of washrooms when we enter a building. We speak in English yet half the words we use constantly did not exist two decades ago. Selfies, dongles, Wi-Fi, data cards and what have you! Technology is affecting every facet of our lives and changing it drastically forever.
About the Art:
Arthur C. Clarke had predicted ‘the tablet’ in 1968, which he called the NewsPad, in a novel that was turned into the movie 2001- A Space Odyssey. Apple launched iPad in 2010 two years after Clarke’s death. Clarke was a legendary science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist who predicted the future with remarkable accuracy. It is indeed astounding how an idea floated in 1968 could become a reality after four decades of experimentation.
Another incredible idea was floated in the 1961 novel, Return from the Stars, by Stanislaw Lem. The novel is a about an astronaut Hal Bregg, who returns to Earth after a 127 year mission. In this novel he postulates the idea of spray on clothes the following excerpt from the book explains the idea.
“I could see how that might appeal to women, because by discharging from a few or a few dozen bottles a liquid that immediately set into fabrics with textures smooth or rough—velvet, fur, or pliable metal—they could have a new creation every time, each for one occasion only”.
The 21st century saw this fabulous concept become real with Spanish fashion designer Dr Manel Torres’s efforts. He worked with particle engineer Paul Luckham from Imperial College London to produce a fabric that comes out of a can. Manel got the idea when he was at a friend’s wedding and the party spray foam was used as a part of the merrymaking. He went on to developing the product which claims to have myriad applications in fashion, medicine, interiors and environmental issues.
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