We’ll end up like the VCR of the 1980s where it could do a thousand things. But since it was layered in such complexity, it only did one thing which was just play a tape. - Scott Summit
The shortcoming is in how it connects to the human being. It has to be understood by designers, anthropologists, artists, dancers. Very different background that they can contribute to the equation. - Scott Summit
I was in the VCR business and spent more hours than you can count trying to teach people how to get beyond the flashing 12:00. That was cutting edge technology. - Jeff Frick
The flashing 12:00.
It really is a trigger for me.
The capability of those machines in the 80s was pretty fascinating. First time we could ‘stop time’ and ‘shift time’ — because I needed to pause to take a pee, or watch the game ‘tape delayed’ after I got home from work. And that was before the concept of ‘skipping’ past commercials.
But we were in this clunky phase between hardware-controlled hardware and software-controlled hardware. Before software, each function required a button. During the transition, some functions got a button, some got placed as a selection in a nested menu. Let’s just say, the transition was rough, and in many homes the flashing 12:00 of shame showed you hadn’t figured out the setup menu.
Look at today’s TV remote controls. About 9 buttons, and half of those are sponsored by streaming services to get the accidental ‘select.’
There is an entire new generation of robots being designed for applications that require them to interact with people in our day-to-day environments.
If people are uncomfortable interacting with them, don’t understand how they work, can’t anticipate how they move and react, can’t read their non-verbal cues — so many things baked into daily interactions with our environment — how accepting of the robots will people be?
Acceptance. This highlights the need for designers and anthropologists, artists, dancers, people that understand movement, people that understand emotion, people that understand feedback, people that understand reaction — to help these things get more successfully integrated into our lives.
They’re coming. We don’t need any more flashing twelves. Thanks for the reminder, Scott.
The Future of Robotics Fireside Chat - Create The Future Summit 2024, Michael Harries, Andra Keay, & Scott Summit, hosted by Jeff Frick - Create the Future
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