Signs of the times

36.05.46: THE CHILDREN'S television programme FunDay Live! has buried a time capsule in the grounds of the ST-TV broadcast centre.

The programme hopes that the capsule contains the definitive objects of the 2040s. Its contents include:

• Sony mind-control equipment, which allows viewers to call up their desired programme simply by thinking of it
• Babel in-ear computer, which simultaneously translates more than 100 of the world's most common languages
• Iridescent spray-on fashion colours sourced from butterflies
• Bottle of first-growth turnip wine, poised to overtake claret as the French wine of choice
• CKP, Calvin Klein's responsive day suit, the fashion success of the decade so far, with automatic temperature control
• Speech-to-print contact lenses, which create valuable work and social opportunities for the deaf
• Snapper Clene, the drink that has changed the way we clean our teeth
• A video postcard sent back from Mars SC