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Contents
1GeneralInformation
2Cover
3Information
3.1FuturoaNewStanceforTomorrow
3.2RoboCup'99
3.3APhysicalRing
3.4TheFutureisnotWhatItUsedtobe
3.5OpticalSound
4Screenshots
5TechnicalSpecs
6Links
6.1ReleasePost
6.2RelatedDocumentaries
6.3ed2kLinks

GeneralInformation
TechnologyDocumentarywithnonarrationpublishedbyYLEin2005Englishlanguage

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Aremarkablecollectionofshortfilmsanddocumentariesforthepeopleoftomorrow.Comeseetheutopiaof
plasticarchitecture.DiscoverthechallengingworldofFinnishscientist,artistandphilosopherErkki
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Kurenniemi,inventorofDIMI(DigitalMusicalInstruments)series.Witnessmysteriousscientific
experiments,enjoyasymphonyformatrixprintersandseeateamofrobotschallengethereigningworld
championfootballteam.EntertheuniqueandfuturisticworldofFinnishfilmmakerMikaTaanila.Born1965
inHelsinkiwherehelivesandworks,MikaTaanilaisanartistworkingfluentlyinthefieldsofdocumentary
filmmakingandvisualarts.Hisfilmsdealwiththethesignificantandalarmingissuesofhumanengineering
andurbanartificialsurroundings.Taanilaspecializesonthefuturisticideasandutopiasofcontemporary
science.

FuturoaNewStanceforTomorrow
Futuroisajourneybackintimetoourrecentfuturisticpast.It'sa
documentaryabouttheriseandfalloftheplasticFuturohouse,thestory
ofa'SpaceAge'utopiathatalmostcametrue.Documentaryturnsthe
historyofthisforgottenmilestoneinFinnishdesignintoastoryfullof
internationalcolouranddrama.IttracesthedevelopmentofSuuronen's
'purelymathematicalidea'intoamultipurposecommoditywhichis
eventuallydestroyedbytime.

RoboCup'99
Asportfilmwheretheresearchersofartificialintelligencesharetheir
visionofthefuture.Thefilmshowsthevariousstagesofthethird
successivetournament,heldatStockholmCityConferenceCentrein
1999.Itculminatesinthemiddlesizedrobot'sfinalbetweenSharifCE
Teheran(Iran)andtheAzzurraRobotTeam(Italy).

APhysicalRing
Attachedtotheceiling,thefilmcameraisaimedatarightangle
downwardanditrevealsasceneinblackandwhite.Inthemiddleofthe
floor,thereisacompositionreminiscentofamovingcubisticsculpture.In
thecentreoftherectangularbase,thereisacircularboardrevolvedbya
beltoutsidetheframearea.Thissectionisencircledbyathinband
stretchingasfarasthebordersoftheframearea:itvibrateselastically
whiletheelectronicsoundtrackfollowsitsrhythm.Arewelookingata
weirdelectronichappeningoramovingstudiosetforanoldscience
fictionfilm?

TheFutureisnotWhatItUsedtobe
AdocumentaryfilmaboutErkkiKurenniemi(b.1941),whosecareerrepresentsasurprisinglynaturalblend
ofmusic,film,computers,robotics,scienceandart.Hisprojectofcollectingeverythingaroundhimwill
perhapsbethemostsignificantofallhisworks.Kurenniemirecordshisthoughts,observations,objectsand
imagesconstantly,withmanicprecision,withtheultimategoalofmergingmanandmachinereconstructing
thehumansoul.Kurenniemi'sstoryisafascinatingandforcefuldepictionofaforgottenvisionaryitis
significantbecauseoftheculturalhistoryoftheunique,neverbeforeseenarchivematerialalone.The
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documentaryincludesfootageoftheuniqueDIMIinstrumentsdeveloped
byKurenniemi,andsegmentsfromunfinishedexperimentalshortfilms
fromthe1960s.TheFutureisnotwhatitusedtobeisafilmaboutthe
1960savantgardeinmusicandfilm,theearlyhistoryofmicrocomputers
andtheopenquestionsof21stcenturyscience.Audiocommentaryby
MikaTaanilaandErkkiKurenniemi.

OpticalSound
OpticalsoundcontinuestheseriesoffilmsbyMikaTaanilawhichdeal
withtechnology,humanity,andfuturisticideas.Officetechnology
becomesobsoleteveryquickly.Oldtoolstransformintomusical
instruments.ThefilmisbasedontheSymphony#2for12DotMatrix
Printers,composedby[TheUser].Audiocommentaryby[TheUser].

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TechnicalSpecs
VideoCodec:XviDISOMPEG4
VideoBitrate:2567kbps
VideoResolution:720x432
VideoAspectRatio:1.667:1
FramesPerSecond:25.000
AudioCodec:0x2000(DolbyAC3)AC3
AudioBitrate:192kb/s448kb/sCBR48000Hz
AudioStreams:26
AudioLanguages:english/finnish
RunTimePerPart:4mins25s52mins28s
NumberOfParts:5
PartSize:87MB944MB
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Links
ReleasePost
MVGroup.org(torrent)(http://forums.mvgroup.org/index.php?showtopic=50107)

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Who'sFlyingthePlane
NowtheChipsareDown
AlchemistsofSound
RobotSoldiers
TheStoryofComputerGames

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YLE.Time.and.Matter.1of5.Futuro.A.New.Stance.For.Tomorrow.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi(568.90Mb)
YLE.Time.and.Matter.2of5.RoboCup99.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi(495.36Mb)
YLE.Time.and.Matter.3of5.A.Physical.Ring.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi(87.14Mb)
YLE.Time.and.Matter.4of5.The.Future.Is.Not.What.It.Used.To.Be.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi
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YLE.Time.and.Matter.5of5.Optical.Sound.XviD.AC3.MVGroup.org.avi(149.23Mb)
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