A great deal of technology that we use today was only dreamed about decades ago. Take for instance games consoles, starting out with basic 2D graphics; such as the Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 (first generation). No one could even imagine ultra realistic 3D environments, adapting and changing in real time; now possible on consoles such as Sony's PlayStation 3 (seventh generation).

This relates to the question, as games designers need good imaginations to draw up and create their ideas; along with implementing new features made possible with more powerful hardware. Take FIFA Football for example, which Electronic Arts have developed since 1993, and is now highly regarded by critics as the best virtual game of football.

Culture is defined in the dictionary as: 'the sum total of ways of living built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one generation to another.' This is a general definition, but it does apply to technological aspects of life.

The cultural imagination of mobile phones has also started a revolution for people of all ages. They are now regarded as 'essential' with some people feeling incomplete without them.

"To be happy in this world, first you need a cell [mobile] phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless."
Ted Turner

Therefore cultural imagination does form the future, and will continue to do so for centuries to come. A new idea will surpass the mobile phone craze in future years, it just seems impossible to imagine what at this present moment in time.