Theoretically possible inventions you would like to see?

[classical_hero]

FTL. And don't say it isn't theoretically possible! Our scientists just don't know how it would be theoretically possible yet, that's all.

I have to say that it is not theoretically possible to go far than the speed of light, since you basically need infinite energy for it to be possible.

I don't think any of the ideas are theoretically possible. Fusion could be the closest one we get to, but there have to be massive technological advances for it to be even possible.

 

[cardgame]

We're working on virtual reality-type techs right now, Classical.

 

[NickyJ]

We're working on virtual reality-type techs right now, Classical.

Working is the key. I'm sure people were/are working on aerocars like the from The Jetsons. Just because it's being worked on doesn't necessarily mean it will come to pass.

 

[cardgame]

But it does mean it's theoretically possible, otherwise we wouldn't be working on them.

 

[Hakim]

3D-printers. It doesn't need to be as capable as the ones in Star Trek kind. I think there's great potential in simply picking existing technical solutions that can be safely used at home, combine them and bring down the size.

Lab-produced body parts. This "donation" system where body parts are taken from one human and put into another really have to go.

 

[Skwink]

Get a job and buy one.

But they all suck.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

A Carnot engine.

 

[Holycannoli]

Working is the key. I'm sure people were/are working on aerocars like the from The Jetsons. Just because it's being worked on doesn't necessarily mean it will come to pass.

Well they better hurry, we only have 4 years until 2015


Link to video.

 

[uppi]

I don't think any of the ideas are theoretically possible. Fusion could be the closest one we get to, but there have to be massive technological advances for it to be even possible.

Massive technological advances? They're building a fusion reactor with more energy output than necessary input right now.

Of course it remains to be seen if it will become practical. But according to current knowledge it is possible with current technology.

 

[Zelig]

3D-printers. It doesn't need to be as capable as the ones in Star Trek kind. I think there's great potential in simply picking existing technical solutions that can be safely used at home, combine them and bring down the size.

We already have 3D printers.

 

[Narz]

But they all suck.

Start your own business. Ideally something off the books but not illegal.

 

[Perfection]

Automatic jeans zipper (with a collision avoidance system, of course).

 

[Narz]

If you're too lazy to pull your own zipper up you should just get a mumu.

 

[Perfection]

Sometimes zippers migrate...

 

[Luckymoose]

So, time travel and teleportation are prohibited, but cloaking devices (active camo?), a "knowledge uploader", and strong AI aren't?

The three you listed are all possible. Cloaking devices have already been tested.

 

[GinandTonic]

Sometimes zippers migrate...

Check before you buy the proposed zipper has the spike safety system. Once those badboys are locked they stay locked.

 

[Hakim]

We already have 3D printers.

Yeah sure I've read about them but they're not exactly in everyone's home yet.

 

[cardgame]

Do you mean to tell me your printer is 2D?

Everyone else's printers are 3D

 

[Perfection]

Yeah sure I've read about them but they're not exactly in everyone's home yet.

They're getting cheaper though! You can pick one up (new) for like 13k!

 

[Dachs]

Bah, time travel isn't what it's all cracked up to be.

If you decide to stay at your destination for more than a couple hours, then you're going to need to haul all your own food, medicine, weapons, etc. etc.

Cause I mean, you can't even drink the water they have! If drinking the water down in Mexico gives you a bad case of the runs, imagine the agony of drinking the water from a time in which it came out of lead pipes, with no stuff to clean it, and, well, you know

I don't want to spend time there - mostly because of the stuff you mentioned, but also because of loldisease and so forth - I want to go there to see How Things Actually Happened.