Veridian Dynamics…Predicting the Future

December 18th, 2009 (Life, Tech)

So, you know that ABC show, Better off Ted? It’s based around a company, Veridian Dynamics, that makes cool products based on research in their labs. I’ve found this strange phenomenon happening where I watch an episode of Better off Ted and then a few days later find that the product they created has actually just been created in RL (real life).

OK, so maybe this doesn’t happen with every episode, but I’ll give you two examples:

1. Season 1 Episode 2 – Phil and Lem (Veridian’s top two scientists) grow beef in the lab. The day after I watched this (not the day after the episode was released), I saw this article titled Scientists ‘grow’ meat in laboratory. Creepy.
2. Season 1 Episode 13 – Veridian Dynamics introduces a face-scanning Internet search program. On Dec. 7th, 2009, Google introduced Google Goggles. While this software is initially intended for identifying places, it will also, once privacy concerns are worked out, identify faces in the near future and perform and Internet search on the person.

So, how is Better off Ted predicting the future? Do they have insider information in science and tech industries? I don’t know the answer, but if I see another scenario like the two above, I will have to believe that it is more than just coincidence.

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2 Responses to “Veridian Dynamics…Predicting the Future”

1. Leigh says:

   December 20, 2009 at 9:05 am

   I completely agree! It’s been creepy seeing how true to life it’s becoming

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2. Steve Z says:

   December 21, 2009 at 10:51 pm

   Here is another one: Facial tracking software does not recognize African Americans. Just like Season 1 Episode 4…sort of.

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