Technology in Prometheus

Timeline

• 0:08:00 Large spaceship
• 0:13:00 “Hypersleep Chamber” cryopods for long distance transport
• 0:16:00 android (David)
• “Weyland Modular Computing Device” holographic projectors
  • they use the holographic projection a lot throughout the movie, but not these exact devices
• Medpod
• 3d terrain scanning and instant atmosphere scanning
• 0:31:00 “Spectagraph” flying 3D scanner laser orb mapping things (“pups”)
• 0:35:15 ancient alien(?) technology, with buttons and more holograms
  • auto-death-recording tech, apparently
• 0:47:30 medical devices: scanner, stimulant and freezing things
• 0:49:00 android wearing some sort of ar/vr helmet
  • dream viewing
  • this might also have been at the very beginning of the movie (or at least the dream viewing)
• 0:50:40 “genetic view” instant dna analysis
• 0:55:40 suits have audio-visual transmitters
  • may also have been shown earlier
• 0:57:45 pretty cool little transparent possibly 3d display thing
• 1:14:50 alien cryo pods
• 1:22:30 really fancy med pods again (with lasers)
• 1:36:00 alien spaceship
• 1:27:00 alien “hyper sleep chambers” (cryo pods)

Breakdown

Existing technology:

• Atmosphere scanning
• Audio-visual suit transmitters
• Med scanner (cat scan)

Future:

• Interstellar space travel (ion drive)
• Cryo pods
• Dream scanning

Emerging:

• 3d mapping
• Dna analysis
• Surgical robot

Impossible:

• Holographic displays
• Probably impossible, unless maybe LED nanobots
• FTL travel (35 lightyears from Earth, took 2 years)

Plausible:

• Realistic android with facial muscles, possibly passing the Turing Test