Initial Ideas...

Started looking at ideas for the project, started by brainstorming ideas and jotting them down. A few of my ideas were;

1) A futuristic contact lense which allows the user to read any language and be able to understand

2) A microchip which is implanted into the cranium of the user and holds all of their details like name, date of birth, blood type, wether they are diabetic orr suffer from any illness etc etc

3) A microchip inbedded within any antique object which can project an history of that object

4) A hoverboard ( a futuristic skateboard)


The idea behind the contact lense which enables the user to read any language is like something out of a sci-fi movie, not sure how far I can develop this idea but I'll have a look into it.


I quite like the idea of the hoverboard. The idea came from thinking about futuristic inventions/toys that might be around in the next 50 years or so even if it is at the slightly fantastical end of the scale. When I was looking at ideas i thought off the Back To The Future II movie scene where instead of skateboards they have hoverboards and Marty McFly rides away on one to escape Biff, great fun and pretty damn cool if you ask me!I'm going to start looking at researching hovercraft technologies and see if there are anything in the pipeline at the moment, possibly??


The microchip inbedded in ones head can be interpreted in a couple of ways. It could be used as compulsory requiremant of all members of society, much like an ID card for the public or in a more extreme example of how the government could keep track of convicted criminal, Big Brother Style. Both of these examples are useful in that key information is stored directly on the person so even at the scene of an accident the emergency services have info available to them whatever the circumstances. For example a burns victim at the scene of a house fire, has no ID on them or information about their current medication or medical condition: are they diabetic, epilectic, HIV positive, lactose intolerent??? etc. (ignore the last one, but you know what I mean). This could also prevent or deter those with criminal mentalities breaking the law, and keep checks on those who do.


The antique object microchip. The theory of this is to enable anyone bying antique objects to activate the microchip into projecting an audio-visual history of their object.

Simulacrum Brief

The simulacrum is an individually produced presentation that encapsulates a reinterpretation or innovatory development of an object. The presentation of the object should be in the form of a 90 second animation / video.

Through the lecture series you will develop an understanding of what 'object' may represent and your simulacrum will be the vessel in which you present it.Whatever your chosen object is, it's design, soundtrack, visual presentation and physical packaging of your project should all be derived from the properties held within your object and its history.