list a crazy invention that will one day be real, e.g internet/mobile phone

[slimpickins]

well, if 30 years ago ud shown someone a laptop or mobile ohone of today theyd think u were an alien and lock the stuff up in an under ground bunker and let the top scientists try to backwards enginer it, or 50 years ago if ud shown someone a microwave theyd think it could be used to take over the world by melting everyone

or in 1950 if u said that in 50 years children would learn how to build an a-bomb in school theyd lock u away for espionage

or even 5 years ago if ud mentioned the idea of a psp with ps2 quality and able to play movies all the size of a pack of cigs, or even compare a 5 year old mobile with no signal and that game snake, to the mobiles of today

or if someone told u 10 years ago ud spend so much time on the internet u'd be like, nah man i dont like reading books

or do u remeber the nintendo, or the super nintendo, or even 7 years ago the n64 compared to a high defention ps3 ul see in a few months

anyway, list a theoretical technology that isnt just made up, that u think will be standard in 10-20 years but its laughable now


here goes, list the gadget and say what u think its practicle use will be, try to avoid stuff with moral issues like geneticly modified babies


well, ive seen lcd screens as thin as paper, like organic, e.g they can be pu on coke cans and stuff to display 30 second messages, i.e competitions and stuff like futristic cartoons on cerial boxes, or the thicker ones can be put on clothes and stuff on a sleve like an organiser


also ive seen

very practivcle electric cars for in 20 years when petrols run out


also


there are these printers that print objects, kind of like u see liquid in a can but it sprays into moose, same idea, u can print cups plates, tools, it would be used in schools for kids to design on computers then print it out, or even in homes, even (im tretching now but when it happens it will do so much more) dvd cases, dispossable ashtrays, bongs, water bottles



lastly, the coolest



theyve been experementing about a simple oberation to put a chip in ur head that can connect to stuff like blue tooth just by thinking about it, no need for remote controls or light switches, certain stuff is user friendly like tv and light switch, other stuff is password protected by your frequency, i.e ur car ignition, u can even drive ur car by thinking and a computer makes the calculations (probably about 25 years away


dont be pessamistic, just think were we were 25 years ago,

[yoda313]

put a chip in ur head that can connect to stuff like blue tooth just by thinking about it, no need for remote controls or light switches, certain stuff is user friendly like tv and light switch, other stuff is password protected by your frequency

No thank you. I'd hate to have to go the doctors for a sugery appointment every time they had a firmware upgrade for the chip

[slimpickins]

wow, u jumped on that, within 2 minutes, how about someone said to u radiation coming from cell phones, or if someone said speak to strangers and tell then stuff about u like posting pictures of ur home on the internet for the world to see, u'd be like no thanks, ill stick to people i can see

[slimpickins]

plus, it doesnt have to be in ur head, it can be in ur back on a nerve, 20 mins operation, ud be fine for work the next day

[SingSing]

Wireless gigabit network. one that let us watch streaming movies anywhere in our house.

[yoda313]

Wireless gigabit network. one that let us watch streaming movies anywhere in our house.

Now that I like (or hdtv files you just recorded )

[slimpickins]

yep, very true, and not just moies,

if ud told someone 5 years ago with ther 56kbs modem that in 5 years theyd have a 100 megabyte line they lock u in a loony bin, ive seen phoens that will soon have 100 megabyte speed, they currently testing 10megabytes phones on the isle of man

i think in 5 years time 100 megabytes will be standardly cheap and we will have 5gb lines if we are into that

[slimpickins]

tv's that have 2 screens, i.e sit to the left and watch law and order, sit to the right and wea r head phones and play ps3, or even diretional sound,

seen it in clubs, 3 feet distance can be manipulated to think ur over 100 feet away from the sound

[Noahtuck]

put a chip in ur head that can connect to stuff like blue tooth just by thinking about it, no need for remote controls or light switches, certain stuff is user friendly like tv and light switch, other stuff is password protected by your frequency

No thank you. I'd hate to have to go the doctors for a sugery appointment every time they had a firmware upgrade for the chip

No need for another operation, just install a little jack in the back of your head like in Johnny Mnemonic, just plug ya in and update 8)
Or wireless.... just a quick DL from the wireless network

I vote for the teleportation device.......
help me help me...........

[slimpickins]

well i think if they can transplant a heart they can manipulate the muscles in your brain

if ud explain todays technology to someone 20 years ago ud either be 100000 times richer than bill gates (no joke) or ud be in a mental institute, but no uy want to patronise me

if they can clone george bush senior they can put a chip in ur brain to change the tv channel

[kschang]

well, if 30 years ago ud shown someone a laptop or mobile ohone of today theyd think u were an alien and lock the stuff up in an under ground bunker and let the top scientists try to backwards enginer it,

Well, does this have something to do with video?

30 years ago... Hmmm... 1976? No, I don't think so. There are futurists back then. And Arthur C. Clarke is already around. When did he say "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"? No, they have the basics of stuff to extrapolate its existence already. They have semiconductors already, so it's not inconceivable for them to understand the basic principles, but they can't duplicate it because they don't have the refinement.

or 50 years ago if ud shown someone a microwave theyd think it could be used to take over the world by melting everyone

Uh, I thought microwave was invented in the 50's or 60's? Hmmm... I'll have to look that up.

or in 1950 if u said that in 50 years children would learn how to build an a-bomb in school theyd lock u away for espionage

Technically speaking, you can't learn how to build an a-bomb in school. The general principles are there, but the engineering details are not.

or even 5 years ago if ud mentioned the idea of a psp with ps2 quality and able to play movies all the size of a pack of cigs, or even compare a 5 year old mobile with no signal and that game snake, to the mobiles of today

We know the what the future holds, back when Data General produced the first true "laptop". We know we'd get color. Back then we already have color PDAs, so color game consoles are merely engineering details. Didn't Atari Lynx come pretty darn close?

or if someone told u 10 years ago ud spend so much time on the internet u'd be like, nah man i dont like reading books

Internet was already used by variety of students and such for a decade before the public found it. I was on newsgroups and such going back 15-20 years. You can probably still find some of that in Google Groups.

or do u remeber the nintendo, or the super nintendo, or even 7 years ago the n64 compared to a high defention ps3 ul see in a few months

Quite well, AND the game consoles preceded that, such as the 2600/5200/7800, the Amiga, and more. And the dead stuff like Coleco Adam, Intellivision, and more.

anyway, list a theoretical technology that isnt just made up, that u think will be standard in 10-20 years but its laughable now. here goes, list the gadget and say what u think its practicle use will be, try to avoid stuff with moral issues like geneticly modified babies

well, ive seen lcd screens as thin as paper, like organic, e.g they can be pu on coke cans and stuff to display 30 second messages, i.e competitions and stuff like futristic cartoons on cerial boxes, or the thicker ones can be put on clothes and stuff on a sleve like an organiser

Yes, smart paper will be the future. No need to cut down trees, just put the "paper" back through the machine to get a new "print", infinitely reusable paper, so to speak. Then there's the "soft" displays that will redefine fashion. Don't like the color of your cloths/accessories? Change it at will. Don't like the color of your car? Your purse? Your house? (though I doubt you can change the color of your pet...)

also ive seen very practivcle electric cars for in 20 years when petrols run out

The problem with electric vehicles is energy density. We need another storage breakthru to make it TRULY practical. Right now the batteries are JUST on the verge of practical, but not quite.

there are these printers that print objects, kind of like u see liquid in a can but it sprays into moose, same idea, u can print cups plates, tools, it would be used in schools for kids to design on computers then print it out, or even in homes, even (im tretching now but when it happens it will do so much more) dvd cases, dispossable ashtrays, bongs, water bottles

In experimental stages. Basically you use a laser to heat limited area of the resin. and the dried stuff is pushed out of the liquid resin in layers. After you heat enough layers you get a 3D structure. Good for rapid prototyping until they figure out some other material that is easier to manipulate, and perhaps easy to breakdown again for recycling.

theyve been experementing about a simple oberation to put a chip in ur head that can connect to stuff like blue tooth just by thinking about it, no need for remote controls or light switches, certain stuff is user friendly like tv and light switch, other stuff is password protected by your frequency, i.e ur car ignition, u can even drive ur car by thinking and a computer makes the calculations (probably about 25 years away
dont be pessamistic, just think were we were 25 years ago,

Actually I believe they just did a "virtual keyboard" demo in Europe. The tester must be outfitted with a headpiece (which contains like 100+ electrodes but surface only), and spend about 1-10 hours doing a calibration process. However, after that, the guy can just think about the letter to type it on a virtual keyboard. So it's NOT 25 years away.

(Sci-fi wise, thought-control has been around forever. it even made it into Firefox, that Russian super fighter movie starring Clint Eastwood)

But really, what does this have to do with video?

[kschang]

if ud told someone 5 years ago with ther 56kbs modem that in 5 years theyd have a 100 megabyte line they lock u in a loony bin

No they won't. T-3's, which are 4.5 Mbps, existed long time ago. So 100 Mbps lines are basically ISP-type lines back then.

If you say they would cost less than $100 a month, THEN they will say you're kidding.

[slimpickins]

i hate it when people boring up a post

[mattso]

I vote for the teleportation device.......
help me help me...........

Old news, pal. They've already teleported matter - not just photons (energy).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm

I honestly think teleportation of people is a feasible "sci-fi" idea - as is faster-than-light spaceship engines. Not sure about time travel, though. Quantum physics says it's "theoretically" possible, but it requires "parallel universes" to counteract all the inherent contradictions. Then again, maybe "parallel universes" are very real.

I think all that's holding back teleportation at this moment is sheer computing power - but we're close to quantum computing right now, "qubits" etc, so maybe it's just a skip away...

I love this stuff. I just want it to be free for all, not just secreted away in government labs...

[ZAPPER]

Personal air travel! With the advent of much better energy usage, lighter, stronger material and the ultra super fast reactive flightpath controling computers the morning commute still takes an hour, but that is from Atlanta to Chicago!



Test tube replacement organs cloned from your own body stock or healthier compatible donors. Oops, scratch that. New organs grown in place in your own body as needed to replace failing ones.


Shrimp engineered to reach twenty pounds, sliced 1" thick and served with garlic and butter. Yummmmmm



Sleep education. By manipilating sleep patterns and applying stimulis Quatum Physics is all the rage amoung the 13 year old crowd.


ATI AIW software becomes user freindly and stable. And pigs learn to fly!

[Noahtuck]

I vote for the teleportation device.......
help me help me...........

Old news, pal. They've already teleported matter - not just photons (energy).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3811785.stm

I know they have worked on such things but when they can transport you & your family & liggage from there to here or anywhere in the world in 2.3 seconds we will talk

[ZAPPER]

Oooooh, I forgot. Recreational space travel has been replaced by the humdrum of extended space work at the "Astro mines". Collecting and smelting astroids is BIG money. The blue collar workers of the mining and steel industries on Earth have been replaced by a few "Techno Geeks" that are only there for the human need to "stake a claim" of the resources. The continuous collector/casters auotmatically capture and convert the ore into any possible finished product needed and hurls it towards its' intended destination.

[kschang]

i hate it when people boring up a post

Is it my fault that you made bad offtopic predictions?

[oldfart13]

"Personal air travel! With the advent of much better energy usage, lighter, stronger material and the ultra super fast reactive flightpath controling computers the morning commute still takes an hour, but that is from Atlanta to Chicago!"

This was brought up in a recent issue of Popular Science (Futuristic things and where they are at):

Flying cars are in the category "Keep Dreaming" as people can't drive on roads much less put them in the air. Security would be real fun then no?

Things I was sure we would have by now:

Fusion reactors supplying cheap, clean electrical power. Where we are now is another story what with them trying to build the first one using their inelegant brute force methods (huge magnetic fields, etc.). Definitely a big, expensive science experiment.

Cheap (relatively) space tourism. Looks like a no to that. James Cameron is going up to the Space Station at a cost of $20 Million USD. A few others have gone before him. Maybe we might get some sub-orbital spacecraft on a commercial basis before I leave this mortal coil...but little else. The money just isn't there...designs for private sub-orbital spacecraft look like a sure bet for lots of accidents. You go first...

A lot of what I had intended for the future on a personal note simply hasn't materialized and probably never will. If you can't keep re-inventing yourself and rolling with all the punches life gives you then you may have a bad time of it in the future. Things have been very gloomy for me over the past several years and don't look much brighter for the immediate future so I have to keep moving along as best I can. I'm sure many can understand...