Future Living 2025 (found Science Channel documentary special; 2002)
The title card of the documentary.
Status: Found
Date found: 06 Jan 2024
Found by: omeglidan and mikusingularity
Future Living 2025[1][2], 2025: Future Living[3][4], or simply 2025 (according to the title card) was a documentary that aired on the (Discovery) Science Channel in 2002, predicting technological advances in the year 2025. Framed around the futuristic life of the fictitious DiMarco family, the documentary discussed technologies such as:
- self-driving vehicles
- tele-immersion (3D teleconferencing)
- virtual and augmented reality
- wearable computers (e.g. smart glasses)
- low-cost space transportation
- affective computing (emotional machines)
- ambient intelligence ("ambitel", e.g. Internet of Things)
- green buildings
- hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
- personalized media (music/TV)
- polymer LED displays
- intellectual and creative games and toys
Before its rediscovery in 2024, a description on an archived page on science.discovery.com[5] provided one of the only direct proofs of its existence, being part of the "Digital Domain" anthology series (although the Robosapien toy was not featured in the program):
"Future Living - Discover what life will be like in the year 2025. Advanced technology will enable the creation of iris-scanning security systems and refrigerators that reorder cartons of milk when the old ones expire. Meet the Robosapien who is more human than machine."
The video was once reuploaded to YouTube in five parts, with links being posted on sites like the TechEBlog[6] and SgForums[7] in 2007, but the YouTube account that had uploaded them has been terminated for several years.
On January 6, 2024, YouTube user mikusingularity (@piplupsingularity) uploaded a recording of the documentary provided by Reddit user omeglidan, rendering the full documentary as found.
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See Also
Discovery Channel
- Fifth Gear Europe (partially found Discovery Channel Europe motoring series; 2009)
- Land of Lost Monsters (found Discovery Channel special; 2003)
- Mythbusters (lost unaired segments of Discovery Channel science entertainment series; 2006-2015)
- PitchMen (found Discovery Channel docudrama series; 2009-2011)
- Top Gear (partially found Discovery Channel adaptation of BBC Two motoring series; 2005)
Discovery Kids
- Darcy's Wild Life (found Family Channel/Discovery Kids teen sitcom; 2004-2006)
- Kenny the Shark (partially found live-action Discovery Kids special; 2000)
- Kenny the Shark (partially lost unaired pilots of Discovery Kids animated series; 2001)
- The Paz Show (partially lost TLC/Discovery Kids animated short series; 2003-2006)
Hub Network
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic "Spike at your Service" (found early drafts of Hub Network animated fantasy series episode; 2012)
- Family Game Night (found Hub Network game show; 2010-2014)
- The Game of Life (partially lost Hub Network game show; 2011-2012)
References
- ↑ Science Channel - Future Living 2025 - TheTVDB.com Retrieved 25 Mar '23
- ↑ Science Channel 2002x04 "Future Living 2025" - Trakt Retrieved 25 Mar '23
- ↑ TV Listings Anthology, Digital Domain" -- The Science Channel Retrieved 26 Mar '23
- ↑ HDTV Listings for March 29, 2006 | Engadget Retrieved 26 Mar '23
- ↑ SCI :: Anthology :: Digital Domain Retrieved 25 Mar '23
- ↑ Future Living in 2025 - TechEBlog Retrieved 25 Mar '23
- ↑ 2025 Future Living (SgForums) Retrieved 25 Mar '23