„
Star Trek" as inspiration…
Visions
are
a
way
to
think
new
things,
to
develop
ideas,
to
imagine
them
and
also
to
try
them
out.
It
is
well
known
that
science
fiction,
for
example,
has
often
served
as
a
source
of
inspiration
for
scientists
and
engineers.
The
seemingly
fantastic
became
the
leitmotif
of
technical
development.
Jules
Verne
's
visions
of
technology
formulated
the
idea
of
a
rocket,
made
it
vivid
and
tangible,
so
that
a
group
of
enthusiasts
and
enthusiastic
technicians
worked
so
intensively
on
it
for
decades
that
100
years
later people flew to the moon.
Visions
of
technology
make
it
possible
to
imagine
the
unimaginable,
to
form
a
picture
of
what
has
never
been
seen,
which
is
actually beyond our knowledge and imagination Man is capable of improving many things, but also of destroying them.
Visions
are
a
necessary
part
of
a
social
process
of
negotiating
what
the
future
should
look
like.
Especially
since
the
20th
century,
technofuturistic
thinking
has
been
an
essential
part
of
technology
discourses,
in
which
technologies
are
interpreted
and
negotiated
as
solutions
to
present
and
future
problems.
One
of
the
effects
of
vision,
in
addition
to
thinking
in
entirely
new
dimensions
and
trying
out
ideas
that
sometimes
seemed
bizarre
in
their
time,
is
to
familiarize
oneself
with
the
new
and
seemingly
impossible.
One
example
of
this
is
the
concept
of
autonomous
driving.
As
early
as
1914,
when
the
idea
of
an
autopilot
for
airplanes
was
being
developed,
people
were
also
discussing
whether
automobiles
could
"drive
themselves."
The
U.S.
traffic
education
film
"The
Safest
Place"
from
1935
showed
an
autonomously
driving
car
as
a
role
model
for
correct,
rule-
compliant
and
safe
driving.
At
the
1939
New
York
World's
Fair,
autonomous
driving
was
spectacularly
staged
as
a
vision.
Since
the
late
1950s,
so-called
driver
assistance
systems
have
been
available:
cruise
control,
antilock
brakes,
brake
assist,
distance
control
and
parking
assistance.
Today's
state
of
autonomous
driving
-
Mercedes
has
received
approval
for
Level
3!
Unfortunately, these visions are often realized only gradually...
„
Star Trek" as inspiration…
Visions
are
a
way
to
think
new
things,
to
develop
ideas,
to
imagine
them
and
also
to
try
them
out.
It
is
well
known
that
science
fiction,
for
example,
has
often
served
as
a
source
of
inspiration
for
scientists
and
engineers.
The
seemingly
fantastic
became
the
leitmotif
of
technical
development.
Jules
Verne
's
visions
of
technology
formulated
the
idea
of
a
rocket,
made
it
vivid
and
tangible,
so
that
a
group
of
enthusiasts
and
enthusiastic
technicians
worked
so
intensively
on
it
for
decades
that
100
years later people flew to the moon.
Visions
of
technology
make
it
possible
to
imagine
the
unimaginable,
to
form
a
picture
of
what
has
never
been
seen,
which
is
actually
beyond
our
knowledge
and
imagination
Man
is
capable of improving many things, but also of destroying them.
Visions
are
a
necessary
part
of
a
social
process
of
negotiating
what
the
future
should
look
like.
Especially
since
the
20th
century,
technofuturistic
thinking
has
been
an
essential
part
of
technology
discourses,
in
which
technologies
are
interpreted
and
negotiated
as
solutions
to
present
and
future
problems.
One
of
the
effects
of
vision,
in
addition
to
thinking
in
entirely
new
dimensions
and
trying
out
ideas
that
sometimes
seemed
bizarre
in
their
time,
is
to
familiarize
oneself
with
the
new
and
seemingly
impossible.
One
example
of
this
is
the
concept
of
autonomous
driving.
As
early
as
1914,
when
the
idea
of
an
autopilot
for
airplanes
was
being
developed,
people
were
also
discussing
whether
automobiles
could
"drive
themselves."
The
U.S.
traffic
education
film
"The
Safest
Place"
from
1935
showed
an
autonomously
driving
car
as
a
role
model
for
correct,
rule-
compliant
and
safe
driving.
At
the
1939
New
York
World's
Fair,
autonomous
driving
was
spectacularly
staged
as
a
vision.
Since
the
late
1950s,
so-called
driver
assistance
systems
have
been
available:
cruise
control,
antilock
brakes,
brake
assist,
distance
control
and
parking
assistance.
Today's
state
of
autonomous
driving
-
Mercedes
has
received
approval
for
Level
3!
Unfortunately, these visions are often realized only gradually...
