Technology in the future?
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PC's will be obsolete as we know them.
They will be so small they will be integrated into the human brain.
You will hardly need to think as you ask yourself the question the computer will search for the answer on the internet with a superfast connection and display the answer to you faster than you could ever work it out.
They will be so small they will be integrated into the human brain.
You will hardly need to think as you ask yourself the question the computer will search for the answer on the internet with a superfast connection and display the answer to you faster than you could ever work it out.
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It is expected that Sydney will have a tram network by the year 2030
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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - set in 2030
I predict at some point in the future humans will have digital ears which will interface directly with the auditory nerve.
With the following advantages.
1) Greater range of hearing/cure deafness etc.
2) The digital component will be able to translate any number of languages.
3) You can switch off hearing for you own comfort.
4) Wireless audio applications.
With the following advantages.
1) Greater range of hearing/cure deafness etc.
2) The digital component will be able to translate any number of languages.
3) You can switch off hearing for you own comfort.
4) Wireless audio applications.
Where are those amusing pictures of how people in the early 20th century thought the year 2000 would be?
Visions of what we think the future will be like are constrained by our current realities, and maybe also by science fiction, but it is fun to speculate.
Oh my god, digital ears!!!! I need those. Could I also have digital repaired and fail proof cochleas?
Visions of what we think the future will be like are constrained by our current realities, and maybe also by science fiction, but it is fun to speculate.
Oh my god, digital ears!!!! I need those. Could I also have digital repaired and fail proof cochleas?
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Graphics so good,It will be better than real life.
Graphics so good,It will be better than real life.
They'll be whining that the concrete/brick graphics aren't retina display or 4 - 8k.
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What will it look like to 1-eyed people like me?
2030?
Plasma shielding isnt that far off, it might not be a kinetic deflector, but it will still be a shield.
Yeeeeeees. Goooood. Something, something, plasma shielding. Something, something, kinetic deflector.
Something something complete!
/formula for good Star Wars dialogue
There will be no technology, it will be a barren wasteland after the collapse of society due to the euro zone collapsing...
Either that or there will advancements in fuel supplies, that will make us wonder why nobody thought of it before, it will be priced on the same scale as oil is today.
Computers will be ever more powerful, and closer to the minority report style if not further advanced ala gamer style rooms.
Medical technologies will have advanced to the point where we can 'print' new organs as replacements, and DNA sequencing will be done as standard so that they can predict any illnesses, and cure them or fix them so that these life events don't happen.
We will know more about the brain, how it works and we can replicate it artificially.
Politicians will still be liars
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Probably largely a matter of what we have now, but smaller/lighter/faster. Handheld computers that are little more than a flexible screen and a battery, for example.
Viable nuclear fusion, hopefully. There may be a functional prototype power station by that time, capable of indefinitely sustained fusion and generating at least 2GW above input power. It's not hoverboard stuff - it's due to be working by 2033, they've been working on it since 1970 and they're ahead of schedule. So it's a very real possibility.
Large improvements in batteries. There's a lot of money in batteries, so there's a lot of work being done on them, from small ones for handheld devices to massive ones for national grid level power storage.
Largely as a result of the above, practical electric cars on a significant scale.
New medical stuff seems likely:
Lots of more muscular people. There's a drug being tried on humans right now that shows up to 70% increase in muscle mass in mice without any direct side effects. It's intended as a treatment for muscular dystrophy, but it's bound to find its way into a wider market. There are chemical markers animals use that essentially act as a signal to say "that's enough muscle". All this drug does is gather some of it up, so the signal reaches the cut-off point later. Hence the apparent lack of side effects.
Medical nanobots. Seriously. A couple of months ago researchers managed to devise a way to power them, a crucial step. They do nothing yet, but they exist in vivo (lab animals). Probably only very early research stages by 2030, though.
Much more speculatively: slower aging and a blanket cure for all cancers, courtesy of nature's own collection of ugliness, the naked mole rat. Lives 6 times as long as expected and is immune to cancer. Researchers now know why. Maybe it can be applied to humans, possibly.
Viable nuclear fusion, hopefully. There may be a functional prototype power station by that time, capable of indefinitely sustained fusion and generating at least 2GW above input power. It's not hoverboard stuff - it's due to be working by 2033, they've been working on it since 1970 and they're ahead of schedule. So it's a very real possibility.
Large improvements in batteries. There's a lot of money in batteries, so there's a lot of work being done on them, from small ones for handheld devices to massive ones for national grid level power storage.
Largely as a result of the above, practical electric cars on a significant scale.
New medical stuff seems likely:
Lots of more muscular people. There's a drug being tried on humans right now that shows up to 70% increase in muscle mass in mice without any direct side effects. It's intended as a treatment for muscular dystrophy, but it's bound to find its way into a wider market. There are chemical markers animals use that essentially act as a signal to say "that's enough muscle". All this drug does is gather some of it up, so the signal reaches the cut-off point later. Hence the apparent lack of side effects.
Medical nanobots. Seriously. A couple of months ago researchers managed to devise a way to power them, a crucial step. They do nothing yet, but they exist in vivo (lab animals). Probably only very early research stages by 2030, though.
Much more speculatively: slower aging and a blanket cure for all cancers, courtesy of nature's own collection of ugliness, the naked mole rat. Lives 6 times as long as expected and is immune to cancer. Researchers now know why. Maybe it can be applied to humans, possibly.