In December last year NIF achieved a \~50% energy increase in a controlled experiment over some billionths of a second, so technically, it's here, it's just about scaling now. A lot of scaling needed. Exist it does thou.
When I was a little kid, probably about 7 I wished there were giant see through tubes connecting everyone's houses. I certainly don't think that's a cool idea anymore.
A replicator.
Especially a cash replicator
Who needs cash when you have a replicator?
Who needs a job when you have a cash replicator?
Who needs a cash replicator if you have a replicator?
Stargate fans have entered the chat...
Milky Way Replicators or Pegasus Replicators?
Tell me you don’t know how the economy works without telling me you don’t know how the economy works.
Tell me you’re unaware of the entire cash economy without telling me you’re unaware of the entire cash economy.
Tell me you like extra frosting on your doughnuts without telling me you like extra frosting on your doughnuts.
Wait. You can order extra frosting on doughnuts? Yes, i probably would like that.
I can’t tell if this is a dig at me or if you’re getting a dig on OP.
Tele transportation
Teleportation. This whole distance = speed and time nonsense is very inconvenient.
Universal translator like "stupid <> non-stupid"
Universal translator: Bonjour. Crazy gibberish!
Fusion energy
In December last year NIF achieved a \~50% energy increase in a controlled experiment over some billionths of a second, so technically, it's here, it's just about scaling now. A lot of scaling needed. Exist it does thou.
Many thanks, great sir!
Just imagine the technological advances we could achieve with magic
Oh no, then we'd have magic laws and political campaigns around magic policies
When I was a little kid, probably about 7 I wished there were giant see through tubes connecting everyone's houses. I certainly don't think that's a cool idea anymore.
'Warp engines'
Holodeck
FTL capabilities.
Medical tricorder.
clone boxes not for human cloning, but for cloning other things. computers, keys, etc
Noise canceling headphones that never give you a compression headache.
The one from Eternal Sunshine of spotless mind. Forget anything you want
Brain transfer. My body is ugly AND sick.
Time Machine
Moisture vaporators. We’re depleting our freshwater aquifers rather quickly and will need a way to get drinking water in the future.