![]() Our AI assistants today are all incredibly crude and primitive compared to HAL, but the way we interact with them is exactly what was predicted in 2001. ![]() ![]() Image size is 1600x1200px, so it should be enough for most screens. Now in progress to make a darker carbonfiber version. From Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece, 2001. This 1/1 scale prop replica model kit has been meticulously researched and is now available for the first time. The obvious way to do HAL back then would have been to make him a robot of sort. Used CorelDraw to do the 'lens/eye' part and then added brushed aluminium BG & some shadows in Photoshop. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY HAL9000 1/1 Scale Model Kit Finally an injected plastic model kit of Hal 9000 is being released by our friends at Moebius models. This seems obvious today with our various Alexa / Siri / Google devices strewn about our homes (and pockets), but this wasn’t obvious at all in the 1960s. HAL doesn’t move from room to room on the Discovery - there are simply HAL consoles in every room of the ship. One that’s gotten a lot of attention over the last decade is that astronauts Dave Bowman and Frank Poole use remarkably iPad-like tablets and watch video in portrait mode.īut this story on the HAL 9000 props reminds me of another one - the fact that HAL is a ship-wide presence, with no single instantiation. At AliExpress, I found 8mm 0.5W straw hat LEDs for 1.20 for 10 pieces in different colors. For the HAL eye, however, a better solution was needed. Space Odyssey Computer Eye Artificial intelligence HAL 9000 Metal Sign Breathe easy. Author MyNewRobot Posted on NovemNovem4 Comments on. Then they simply shone a light through it. But how did they add the glow Simple they used the camera’s very own red filter (R60) which screws on to the back of the lens. There are so many aspects of 2001 that were remarkably prescient. This makes HAL 9000’s soft, calm voice sound really good. The on-screen HAL 9000 the single eye in blazing red was played by one of Nikon’s most extreme lenses, its 8mm f/8 fisheye. Peter Jackson owns one of the original props now, and showed it to Adam Savage. Very own red filter (R60) which screws on to the back of the lens. Played by one of Nikon’s most extreme lenses, its 8mm f/8 fisheye.īut how did they add the glow? Simple - they used the camera’s HAL 9000 is voiced by Douglas Rain in the two feature film adaptations of the Space Odyssey series. The on-screen HAL 9000 - the single “eye” in blazing red - was While part of HALs hardware is shown toward the end of the film, he is mostly depicted as a camera lens containing a red and yellow dot, with such units located throughout the ship. HAL 9000 needed to be all-seeing - the film’s plot hinges on hisĪbility to detect a conversation between two of the crew. Kosmo Photo ( via Jim Coudal, of course): Stone Age Earth: In the presence of a mysterious black obelisk, pre-humans discover the use of tools-and weapons-violently taking first steps toward intelligence.
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