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2012/11/25 21:05:24
Subject: Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
The centre of a massive brood chamber, heaving and pulsating.
Improvements in hydrogen fuel technology. The only waste product from hydrogen reactors is water, so it's clean and could potentially power itself.
Also the ability to mount absurdly large weapons on people's arms and keep them stable and mobile, whilst still able to deliver punishing firepower, Black Rock Shooter style.
Squigsquasher, resident ban magnet, White Knight, and general fethwit.
buddha wrote: I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
2012/11/25 23:28:00
Subject: Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
Dastardly Dave wrote: It's a nice idea, but what happens when an employer starts hiring people based on the fact they have a hand which can fill in two forms at once (As an example). Doesn't that rather give the guy with prosthetics a huge advantage in the labour market, simply down to the fact he had enough money to get a new arm? And what about the people who wouldn't get bionics for personal reasons?
Cybernetics improvement loans.
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2012/11/26 06:26:58
Subject: Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Jars that don't require vicegrips to open.
Practical inter-solar system space travel.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
I'd have to vouch for FTL technology and better space-faring technology, more efficient cars running on Hydrogen, better renewable energy sources etc etc.
2012/11/29 16:36:50
Subject: Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
I would really like to see replacement eyes and ears, that actually IMPROVE perception. Technology is quickly approaching the point where our sensory organs won't be able to effectively interpret information, and improved organs will be necessary.
I'd like to see things like google glass become commonplace. There may come a point where monitors are unnecessary (or redundant), as much as I shudder to imagine it.
Prosthetics are more advanced than they've ever been in history, but they still have a way to go. I can imagine in the near future, we'll have prosthetics that pick up brain waves and move accordingly.
Artificial intelligence is nice, although I really only have an interest in it for sexual reasons. With my limited scope of imagination, a little box that moaned and called me Oniichan would be perfectly satisfactory.
2012/11/29 16:39:23
Subject: Re:Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
Artificial intelligence is nice, although I really only have an interest in it for sexual reasons. With my limited scope of imagination, a little box that moaned and called me Oniichan would be perfectly satisfactory.
So this may be a little off topic, but why would you want your sex robot to call you older brother during coitus?
Implications are......
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James Webb Space Telescope completed. ELT built and completed. A permanent Lunar base. A permanent Mars base. Mining of the asteroid belt. fething flying cars already dammit!
Jean-luke Pee-card, of thee YOU ES ES Enter-prize
Make it so!
2012/12/01 18:32:29
Subject: Re:Technological Achievements You Wish to See in the Near Future
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Also, +1 to the wishes for economical, productive, sustainable nuclear fusion energy in the near future. That's get humanity one big step towards space travel beyond the moon.
_Tim?
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Process to halt and if possible reverse the ageing process
Renenerative technology to deal with all really unpleasent diseases etc like Crones (my brother has this)
Option to back up personality /memories to allow for download to new cloned body.
Unlimited Clean energy source
Working fast FTL and/or wormhole technology.
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