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Postby Snake_byte » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:47 am

Just curious as to what kind of technological advances people would like to see or know are coming out and are looking forward too.
Feel free to be as creative as you want when coming up with something you's like to see, even if it's not completely possible.

What about a sort a body or limb tubing that creates a vacuum inside surrounding the body/limb and is then filled with an oxygen-nutrient solution instead of casts and IV's?
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Postby Peanut » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:50 am

A drug or something (Nanorobots?) That restore Telomeres in your Dna.
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Postby Piscator » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:26 am

Helicopters.

No, wait...

Fusion reactors.
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Postby Snake_byte » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:06 am

Peanut wrote:A drug or something (Nanorobots?) That restore Telomeres in your Dna.


Qin Shi Huang - Quest of immortality. He died of mercury poisoning given to him in pill-form by his alchemists while seeking eternal life.
He looked for the elixer of life and a 1000 yr old sorcerer (who he had apperantly met). That too must've been *twitch* the mercury...
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Postby Gran » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:00 pm

Yeah, but the chinese (as most people at that time) were dumb. They used to look at mercury and say: OMG ITS LIQUID SILVER! IMMA DRINKIN IT! Then die of poisoning. And it would take a lot of time until people figured drinking unknown substances might have unknown effects which usually involve death.

Anyway, I choose quantum computation. It isn't much what I'd really like to see, but seems to be the most clean, reasonable and non-violent suggestion that I have. Also, singularitarians would become a bit more important.
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Postby joo » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:35 pm

Truly intelligent AI.
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Postby Snake_byte » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:04 am

A deployable Plasma-like jelly which evaporates in a couple minutes designed to cushion a fall.
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Postby Idriveayugo » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:21 am

A cheaper way of getting into space.

More advanced space telescopes.

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Postby chase02 » Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:36 am

A cure for cancer.
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Postby Snake_byte » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:15 am

Dream Recorders
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Postby Peanut » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:37 am

chase02 wrote:A cure for cancer.


It's too late for that :cry:
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Postby Snake_byte » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:21 am

Peanut wrote:
chase02 wrote:A cure for cancer.


It's too late for that :cry:


Never too late. Actually, I believe that scientists have made notable advances having to do with something like a sea sponge on certain kinds of cancers in the last 10 years.

Topic - Limb reproduction like starfish. Genetic engineering?
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Postby Gran » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:41 am

Making geoengineering possible.

Snake_byte wrote:Genetic engineering?


Don't we already do that? Or you mean stop making rabbits that glow in the dark and move to more profound aspects of genetic engineering?
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Postby Snake_byte » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:01 pm

GranAttacker wrote:Making geoengineering possible.

Snake_byte wrote:Genetic engineering?



I meant natural limb reproduction through genetic engineering, maybe by taking a look at the starfish and other budding lifeforms a little more closely.
What is Geoengineering?
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Postby Gran » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:17 pm

Oh, I understand now.

Geoengineering is controlling and designing weather patterns, elevation, climate - usually tied to planetary engineering and terraforming. But it current requires too much resources and insanity to be possible.
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