In 10 years time

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Following on from a post in another thread……

In 10 years a forum will still be around but the spelling will be rubbish as people won't know how to correct their voice recognition system.
Some people will still be posting their 3D videos in the obsolete low res 4k format.
The most popular subject will be back gear conversions for lathes whose electronic speed control has failed yet again.

My new shed 'started' in 2013 might actually be nearing completion.
My treadle lathe and hand shaper will be great during the frequent power cuts.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

fun topic – where will our workshop & forum be.

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

Whilst I recognise the tongue-in-cheek aspect of your post, this is actually quite a serious question.

Having reached my "3score+ten", I do indeed wonder where I will be. Will I be around? And if I am, will I still be capable of doing those things that I can do today?

Spelling certainly won't have improved over the abysmal showing that is prevalent today.

Mechanical conversions of failed electronic controls may well be on the increase.

Power cuts will indeed be frequent – unless the powers that be pull their collective finger out. But in any event, we will likely be wholly dependant on other, not necessarily friendly, countries/regimes for our energy.

Mind you, I'll be laughing at all those people with those expensive 100in/2.5m 3D HDTV's that don't work because there's no power and have no books to fall back on.

I wonder how much candles will cost?

Regards,

Peter G. Shaw

[JoParticipant @jo]

I will still be waiting for that last remaining casting that I purchased from a well known casting supplier around/from …2000.

The older generation of Model Engineers be building more and more complex virtual model engines using their 4D CAD software and keep rubbing the noses of us youngsters in it when they rmind us that they still never break a tap.

Jo

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Buy your candles now, be prepared as they used to say

Having passed the "3score+ten" mark, the answer may well be yes but things get heavier and you cannot hold on to them as long as you used to An overhead crane springs to mind as a good investment NOW.

[Tony JeffreeParticipant @tonyjeffree56510]

I will be working in my newly built workshop, built entirely using 3D printers.

Regards,

Tony

[Peter G. ShawParticipant @peterg-shaw75338]

Some more random thoughts about power cuts.

Will broadband still exist? And if it does, will it be usable?

If power cuts are planned, as they used to be during & immediately after WWII, then I could see a situation where you can't order something via the internet because either you have a power cut, or they have a power cut.

Will cash be king again? Because if power cuts do happen, then what about all those magic electronic systems in shops? They won't work.

Maybe an investment in backup power supply manufacturers might be prudent.

Back on engineering.

Treadle operated machinery? Those of us who can use manual tools will make a killing as all those fancy CNC machines lie idle and their operators (programmers?) are laid off.

And Kwil, remember as well that the floor gets lower and lower as you get older! So how about all round worktops at waist height with just a hole for the human.

Will this forum exist? Not in its present state. I expect we will all have "Google Glass" into which the forum, and the magazine, will be beamed on publication – provided there is power available! Perhaps even a direct implant into the brain!

We oldies will end up reminiscing of the good old days of the early 21st century whilst our grandchildren (great grandchildren?) will listen in awe to just how easy life was then.

I'm going – I've had enough of this future guessing.

Peter G. Shaw

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Posted by Tony Jeffree on 09/10/2013 12:29:19:

I will be working in my newly built workshop, built entirely using 3D printers.

Regards,

Tony

Is that using piles of obsolete never worked printers or lots of lego bricks made on one. Or a nice big brick printer fed with clay?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

If Moore's Law continues to apply …

Yes … Direct implants for communication

and, for those who can afford to have the Bionic Limbs fitted … Remote Servo Assistance.

Forum Post: "How do I make one of those?"

Reply: "They're a bit tricky … let me do the first one for you."

<etc.>

.

MichaelG.

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

We'll I've just stepped out of my flying car, next it's onto the jetpack for a short trip to collect my all in one food pill supply, then we will sit outside on the self regulating 25mm high grass in the artificially generated perfect weather.

Anyone else remember things like this from theories about the future about 20+ years ago?

Just noticed the spellchecker has changed well to we'll .

 

Edited By V8Eng on 09/10/2013 14:30:31

[jason udallParticipant @jasonudall57142]

20 years?
Those I think were fifties/sixties and some from the twenties…
That aside in the seventies we were expected to have run out of oil by now.
And maybe had ww3..
3d printing will spread and improve..The recycling of plastics as feed stock for these will spread..robot production might come about as a “defense” against low labour cost competition..moving production to the area of consumption .
Power generation will be a challenge large plants vs micro plants…
Transport will again have to costed realistically and maybe the local engineering/”blacksmith” will rise .
Design rights will be an issue…to paraphase would you download a car?
10 year’s. .printed organs do able but 10 years before NICE /FDA approvals…

but just who will be “creating” the wealth?

Edited By jason udall on 09/10/2013 14:39:56

[mark costello 1Participant @markcostello1]

I don't know who will be creating the wealth, but I do know whom they will be taking it from!

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Taxes will be 90% to "save the planet" while politicians sail around in taxpayer funded helicopters and travel 1st class on HS2 at the taxpayers expense

Alcohol will be banned

Smokers will be jailed

Forums will be banned unless they have been approved and certified by the government

 

edit

I can still remember a newspaper article from the early 1970s where some nut-case mooted the possibility of smoking in pubs being banned because it was so unhealthy… and the incredulous postbag of replies this generated

And here we are 40 years later

Edited By Ady1 on 09/10/2013 15:19:19

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I won't be worried about powercut having used my 3d wireless pocket printer to print out the parts of my own wind turbine.

All my machines will be running of variable electronics which will be so reliable and I won't need a big box to house then just a chip will do and be voice controlled or maybe even a sensor in the tool to adjust to optimum speed.

Nobody will be building loco's as HSE will have deemed them too dangerous for public running and ther won't be any good old boys who remember them anyway

And I'll still be on the young side of 60

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

No, there won't be any power cuts because the ruling Green Party will have started investing in zero carbon emitting nuclear power stations in 2014

Russell.

[Gordon WassParticipant @gordonwass]

Paper money in UK might well be plastic soon. Who remembers when nuclear power was first employed ? News stories about how it would be so cheap it would not be worth sending out bills.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Plastic notes were on the news a week or two ago.

In the years all notes will probably be fitted with a chip so they can be tracked and if you get a large number of them they will be asking where they came from, no more "any discount for cash? "

J

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Gordon Wass on 09/10/2013 16:16:54:

Who remembers when nuclear power was first employed ? News stories about how it would be so cheap it would not be worth sending out bills.

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Ah, yes, I remember it well.

Of course the truth was; generating electricity was an easy way of disposing of the stray heat.

… There's a lot of it about when you're making Plutonium.

MichaelG.

[NJHParticipant @njh]

You are a blooming gloomy lot!

10 years time – why worry? – Just think , you might get run over by a truck tomorrow! Forget 10 years time, live in the moment and savour it . More importantly develop your relationships with others and cherish those nearest to you – in the end nothing else matters.

N

[Tony Pratt 1Participant @tonypratt1]

Posted by Bazyle on 09/10/2013 11:37:57:

Following on from a post in another thread……

In 10 years a forum will still be around but the spelling will be rubbish as people won't know how to correct their voice recognition system.

On another well known machinist forum based in America the spelling is really really bad, but as they say " it does not matter it's a machinist forum" my opinion is bad spelling makes people look stupid, I am not saying they are but it gives that impression.

Tony

[merlinParticipant @merlin98989]

I agree with T Pratt: power cuts will shock us all but the inabilty to communicate is already a problem. I really can't be bothered to stumble through badly written posts, trying to understand what people are wanting to convey and wondering whether what they have to say is worth the effort of straining to understand it.

We all are entitled to a silly mistake in a post but the constant 'loose' instead of 'lose' etc. is just irritating and, as T Pratt says, tells us something about the sloppy writer.

[StovepipeParticipant @stovepipe]

Norman (NJH) is quite right, All you can say with any certainty is that 10 years time is 10 years away. Enjoy those you love and cherish (I mean of course the humans, not that Myford or Tom Senior)

Dennis

Edited By Stovepipe on 09/10/2013 19:16:58

[speelwerkParticipant @speelwerk]

Hopefully my spelling misstakes are me forgiven being of non English speaking origin, and I am still alowed to enjoy this forum. Niko.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Yes please try to remember this is an international forum and Engilsh may not be the posters first language or they may have medical reasons that make it hard for them such as Dyslexia. In the end does it really matter so long as they get the basic point over.

J

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I for one applaud any non-native English speaker or anyone who struggles with dyslexia or other literacy issues to use these forums.

Neil

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