Oh no, much better, communication with alternate universes, including ones that have just split. Effective population for purposes of developing technology and knowledge goes up an order of magnitude or more, massive economies of scale. Population for purposes of using up resources effectively the same. Drug testing better than double blind because you use the versions of people from two just split universes. Group A gets the placebo in this universe and the drug in the other, group B gets the drug here and the placebo here. No difference in the genetics, disease status etc. of the placebo and control groups.
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fictional technology you wished to be real
- Thread starter nemesiss
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Well for me; I wish that TARDISes were real mainly because it would be so cool to travel to anywhere or anywhen in the universe. I could would make my console room a Steampunk/Clockwork themed one. That and some sort of machine that'll be able to change my body anyway I want to. :3
benjy85pb
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I'd like to see atmospheric procressors become a reality. That'll the global warming problem and the technology could only be several decades away if governments pulled their nose's out of each other's arse's and properly funded the research necessary to do so! After all, for something so important there's no price too high!
I'd also like to see mechs, like what you see in the mechwarrior series, Metal Gear series, Matrix 3 or even the new Avatar. Mainly because you know, deep down, you'd want to drive one and look awesome doing so! And yes, I said awesome!
I'd also like to see mechs, like what you see in the mechwarrior series, Metal Gear series, Matrix 3 or even the new Avatar. Mainly because you know, deep down, you'd want to drive one and look awesome doing so! And yes, I said awesome!
creamcheese
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benjy85pb said:
See: photosynthesis
creamcheese
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benjy85pb said:
Still, plants are functioning atmospheric processors. I'm sure if you talked to a chemist they could devise ways to take all of those gases out of the atmosphere. It's all a matter of how much energy you're willing to expend to meet your goal. There is no fundamentally new technology that needs to exist to scrub certain things out of the atmosphere.
benjy85pb
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creamcheese said:
In an ideal world energy wouldn't be a factor, but that, I fear is what puts most off. Investing in the infrastructure to support such a aims.
True, plants are functioning atmospheric processors, but something that acts far faster and more efficiently and that takes up less space would be more ideal. Especially as countries develop themselves and contribute more and more to emissions. If something big, that could process millions of tonnes per year, that didn't take up much space could be created then it'd be more ideal than vast areas of land, or even ocean, being taken up for photosynthesizing or plants life. Something that could also cause a problem in regards to human growth, as a lot of the land mass will be taken up just to sustain us, i.e. housing, agriculture etc.
AndyfromMonday
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Stargates.
A device like that would be of TREMENDOUS use for humanity. You would never need to waste resources on building a ship which could host humans, you would just send in a standard space ship with a Stargate on it to a planet then drop the Stargate(Albeit there would be more to this than just "dropping it". If it lands upside down we're in trouble if we attempt to step through it) then send humans through it. This could allow for the colonization of Mars without the need of spending -I don't know how many years- aboard a space ship to reach the damn thing!
A device like that would be of TREMENDOUS use for humanity. You would never need to waste resources on building a ship which could host humans, you would just send in a standard space ship with a Stargate on it to a planet then drop the Stargate(Albeit there would be more to this than just "dropping it". If it lands upside down we're in trouble if we attempt to step through it) then send humans through it. This could allow for the colonization of Mars without the need of spending -I don't know how many years- aboard a space ship to reach the damn thing!
creamcheese
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AndyfromMonday said:
Takes less than a year one way. I don't think you would bother with stargates for in-system travel, especially if they require a ridiculous amount of power to run.
What we really need is cheap, clean, and unlimited electricity. With that, we could do almost anything we wanted.
obsidianavenger
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ah like the motor from atlas shrugged that can somehow create energy from air... that would be beautiful.
would revolutionize everything.....
would revolutionize everything.....
creamcheese
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obsidianavenger said:
You can create energy from air. Fusion much? It just takes a very large and powerful method of fusing things to make higher elements fuse.
BirdValiant
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This is more a list of technologies that I want to be developed in my lifetime, arranged in areas of science and technology:
Biology / Medicine:
*Efficient, fast way to read and write DNA directly
*Effective and safe way to change one's own DNA
*Method of selectively growing (and harnessing, repairing) tissues and organs both in vivo and in vitro
*Direct connection between neurons and machines
*Effective and safe method of cryopreservation
Electronics
*Retinal scanning displays, coupled with sufficiently realistic virtual realities
*Effective, intuitive brain-machine interface
Engineering / Chemistry / Materials Science
*High temperature superconductors
*Light and efficient batteries
*Low cost, efficient solar cells
*Viable nuclear fusion
*Selectively biodegradable materials
*Carbon sequestration, etc.
*Faster spacecraft propulsion
Some of those would be made obsolete by others, such as the "retinal displays" and the "direct connection between neurons and machines" technologies, as well as the "solar cells" and "nuclear fusion."
I am particularly interested in the biological technologies because my current subject of study is biology, and if they are developed, then the maximum possible life span can be greatly increased, allowing me to see the development of even more technologies (greedy, perhaps, but this is supposed to be a wish list of technologies). Selective growing of new tissues, especially those modified by specially written DNA, would allow for the regrowth of organs and appendages, as well as the addition of novel features. For example, better eyes could be engineered and grown, and currently irreplaceable structures could be easily replaced (who needs to brush their teeth now?). If worst comes to worst, the ability to control the development of tissues would allow for the growth of an empty shell of a person, into which a brain of a badly injured person could be implanted. Additionally, purely cosmetic changes could be made (imagine such an industry: so you want a tail?).
A direct neuron-machine connection would be a major breakthrough, allowing for a different approach to the use of novel and improved features. Instead, or perhaps in addition to, the growth of novel genetically-modified tissues and organs, the implantation of artificial, non-organic ones could be possible. Perhaps I'm biased towards molecular biology, but electronics and artificial technology seem much clunkier and less elegant than preexisting biological ones, so I would prefer the harnessing of these biological systems. The combination of both would be necessary for some functions, such as in neuron-machine connections.The neuron-machine connection would, of course, allow for much more realistic virtual realities. This way, you could live the life of any virtual being, without actually existing in such a body, although such a technology could exist, given the ones in the above biology section.
Assuming that the biological technologies allow me to live for a sufficiently long time to see discovery of other Earth-like places, then I would perhaps like to go there. Faster spacecraft propulsion, along with cryopreservation, would make this viable. This also assumes that humanity doesn't destroy itself with these advanced technologies or general lack of self-control, and also preserves the integrity of the Earth.
Oh, and the growth of tissues would allow for the growth of any kind of blood. Maybe then the Vampires (Red Cross) will stop calling me all the time.
Biology / Medicine:
*Efficient, fast way to read and write DNA directly
*Effective and safe way to change one's own DNA
*Method of selectively growing (and harnessing, repairing) tissues and organs both in vivo and in vitro
*Direct connection between neurons and machines
*Effective and safe method of cryopreservation
Electronics
*Retinal scanning displays, coupled with sufficiently realistic virtual realities
*Effective, intuitive brain-machine interface
Engineering / Chemistry / Materials Science
*High temperature superconductors
*Light and efficient batteries
*Low cost, efficient solar cells
*Viable nuclear fusion
*Selectively biodegradable materials
*Carbon sequestration, etc.
*Faster spacecraft propulsion
Some of those would be made obsolete by others, such as the "retinal displays" and the "direct connection between neurons and machines" technologies, as well as the "solar cells" and "nuclear fusion."
I am particularly interested in the biological technologies because my current subject of study is biology, and if they are developed, then the maximum possible life span can be greatly increased, allowing me to see the development of even more technologies (greedy, perhaps, but this is supposed to be a wish list of technologies). Selective growing of new tissues, especially those modified by specially written DNA, would allow for the regrowth of organs and appendages, as well as the addition of novel features. For example, better eyes could be engineered and grown, and currently irreplaceable structures could be easily replaced (who needs to brush their teeth now?). If worst comes to worst, the ability to control the development of tissues would allow for the growth of an empty shell of a person, into which a brain of a badly injured person could be implanted. Additionally, purely cosmetic changes could be made (imagine such an industry: so you want a tail?).
A direct neuron-machine connection would be a major breakthrough, allowing for a different approach to the use of novel and improved features. Instead, or perhaps in addition to, the growth of novel genetically-modified tissues and organs, the implantation of artificial, non-organic ones could be possible. Perhaps I'm biased towards molecular biology, but electronics and artificial technology seem much clunkier and less elegant than preexisting biological ones, so I would prefer the harnessing of these biological systems. The combination of both would be necessary for some functions, such as in neuron-machine connections.The neuron-machine connection would, of course, allow for much more realistic virtual realities. This way, you could live the life of any virtual being, without actually existing in such a body, although such a technology could exist, given the ones in the above biology section.
Assuming that the biological technologies allow me to live for a sufficiently long time to see discovery of other Earth-like places, then I would perhaps like to go there. Faster spacecraft propulsion, along with cryopreservation, would make this viable. This also assumes that humanity doesn't destroy itself with these advanced technologies or general lack of self-control, and also preserves the integrity of the Earth.
Oh, and the growth of tissues would allow for the growth of any kind of blood. Maybe then the Vampires (Red Cross) will stop calling me all the time.
Well someone mentioned anime stuff so how about Ghost in the Shell's Cyber Brains.
Works like a brain, better than a regular one really, plus, you can back yourself up on a spare brain so if something happens to your cyber brain, you can just basically do a windows restore, swap the brains out and you've only lost about a week of experience. Maybe less you it automatically backs up in your sleep.
Works like a brain, better than a regular one really, plus, you can back yourself up on a spare brain so if something happens to your cyber brain, you can just basically do a windows restore, swap the brains out and you've only lost about a week of experience. Maybe less you it automatically backs up in your sleep.
Now THAT is a good idea... It'd be especially great to have a dexterous tail.
http://forums.leagueofreason.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1166&hilit=humans+had+tails
BirdValiant
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nasher168 said:
The final quote in your "Life is not Pointless" video pretty much summarizes my musings - there's practically no limit to what we can do... we just need to figure out how to do it. Unfortunately, the limitless extends both to the good, such as the eradication of all diseases, aging, etc., to the bad, such as the eradication or enslavement of all humans (Matrix style). Maybe someone should design and send out a virus early on in the process that would make humanity less prone to violence and self-destruction.
Ozymandyus
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Time travel, Flux capacitor style. Then I could just go into the future and get the rest of the as of yet fictional technologies that I wished was real.