Defunct objects

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 12:48PM #1

What objects which are in common use today will only be seen only as museum pieces by the year 2114, and why?

I am going to suggest the Residential Landline Telephone because already many people do not have a landline.

I also think that oil as a fuel will also be defunct. Even if America does find an excuse to invade more countries, there will be no oil left in the ground.

Birneybau · 01-09-2014 12:49PM

Loads of people have landlines, sure most companies allow free local-to-local calls.

I'm going to say word processors and calculators.

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 12:52PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Loads of people have landlines, sure most companies allow free local-to-local calls.

I agree but...

lots of people don't, that's my point. Mobiles are taking over the role as being more convenient.

Annasopra · 01-09-2014 12:53PM

CD players
Cars driven by people

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 12:54PM

Birneybau wrote: »

I'm going to say word processors and calculators.

I thought they'd gone already?

sebastianlieken · 01-09-2014 12:55PM

I actually think mobile phones will be a museum piece by 2114.

Already we're starting to see them integrated into watches and glasses. Give it a hundred years and I'd say there will be a totally new platform. 100 years for tech is a very long time!!

solomafioso · 01-09-2014 12:56PM

Vowels.

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 12:56PM

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

CD players
Cars driven by people

The CD is almost gone, so the player never had a chance really...

El Guapo! · 01-09-2014 12:56PM

This years calendar.

whisky_galore · 01-09-2014 12:56PM

Cameras, that function as just that. Maybe professionals might still have them.

hardCopy · 01-09-2014 12:57PM

Laptops and Desktops

EoghanIRL · 01-09-2014 12:58PM

Porn DVDs .
Everyone uses the internet nowadays .

The Backwards Man · 01-09-2014 01:00PM

City dwellers, which will be 99.9999999999% of the world population by 2100.

By 2100, they will all have been replaced with efficient robots.

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 01:00PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Porn DVDs .
Everyone uses the internet nowadays .

Porn will be 3D and interactive. We won't need to just watch it.

Nomis21 · 01-09-2014 01:02PM

Human beings might be gone if the wrong virus turns up from Africa

preston johnny · 01-09-2014 01:04PM

All of us posting on here

o1s1n · 01-09-2014 01:04PM

sebastianlieken wrote: »

I actually think mobile phones will be a museum piece by 2114.

Already we're starting to see them integrated into watches and glasses. Give it a hundred years and I'd say there will be a totally new platform. 100 years for tech is a very long time!!

It comes down to convenience really though. It's a lot easier to have a phone you can take out in your hand and browse the internet etc then use it on a watch or a (ridiculous looking) pair of google glasses.

I reckon we'll still continue a tablet type design, but the tech itself will just continue to improve (thinner/bendable/indestructible etc)

whisky_galore wrote: »

Cameras, that function as just that. Maybe professionals might still have them.

Give me a decent SLR with a proper lens any day

The 'snap digital camera' has all but vanished and been replaced by phones, however if you still really want to take photography seriously you need a proper camera.

01-09-2014 01:04PM

VCR's

FullblownRose · 01-09-2014 01:08PM

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

CD players
Cars driven by people

Cars driven by people will never cease to exist, not as long as there are people who enjoy driving.

Wibbs · 01-09-2014 01:10PM

Petrol stations. Most standalone computers. Stuff we need(tm) to do will be integrated into everything we engage with. Power and connectivity cables, or most of them anyway will fade out.

Rothko · 01-09-2014 01:12PM

Candie wrote: »

VCR's

They've been obsolete for a long time now.

catallus · 01-09-2014 01:13PM

El Guapo! wrote: »

This years calendar.

Actually you could use it for 2110.

oppenheimer1 · 01-09-2014 01:14PM

Birneybau wrote: »

Loads of people have landlines, sure most companies allow free local-to-local calls.

I'm going to say word processors and calculators.

You obviously don't work in a scientific field. Hand held calculators are a must since soft calculators are less easy to use.

I would never use my PC or phone for simple calculations unless I was stuck.

Word processors are long obsolete and have been replaced by more functional software

conorhal · 01-09-2014 01:18PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

What objects which are in common use today will only be seen only as museum pieces by the year 2114, and why?

I am going to suggest the Residential Landline Telephone because already many people do not have a landline.

I also think that oil as a fuel will also be defunct. Even if America does find an excuse to invade more countries, there will be no oil left in the ground.

Tedious anti American 'blood for oi' posters. God I wish they would become defunct.

miezekatze · 01-09-2014 01:19PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Porn DVDs .
Everyone uses the internet nowadays .

DVDs or any other kinds of discs like that in general - games, movies, the lot. I'd say they will be gone within the next 10-15 years.

eviltimeban · 01-09-2014 01:21PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

Porn will be 3D and interactive. We won't need to just watch it.

Here's hoping!

Typewriters.

Paper, and related items like books, newspapers, etc.

Money (if sci-fi has taught us anything, we'll have "credits").

catallus · 01-09-2014 01:27PM

Nomis21 wrote: »

Porn will be 3D and interactive. We won't need to just watch it.

Not if Jimmy Carter has anything to do with it!!!:D

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0901/640568-jimmy-carter-letter/

Adamantium · 01-09-2014 01:30PM

I have to laugh at people thinking we're going to have any of the things we see in 2114 without oil.

All electronics, plastics, kitchen utensils, cars require it just to be manufactured, hell we need oil to the manufacture the components for solar panels and windmills, nuclear energy.

And nobody has an answer to it, or even wants to think about it.

Irish Guitarist · 01-09-2014 01:55PM

I was surprised to see blank cassette tapes a few months ago in Tesco.

Cassette tapes will probably be museum pieces in years to come. Not just the tapes themselves but the things people recorded on them, especially demo tapes made by big name bands or musicians.

Pinch Flat · 01-09-2014 01:56PM

Txt spk

nelly17 · 01-09-2014 01:57PM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I was surprised to see blank cassette tapes a few months ago in Tesco.

Cassette tapes will probably be museum pieces in years to come. Not just the tapes themselves but the things people recorded on them, especially demo tapes made by big name bands or musicians.

Actually they kind of have been onsolete for the last 20 years because a lot of demos were on DAT

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