Future Technology

[Perseus]

Do you think that it is really neccesary, say, for us to have such things as hover cars in the future(I know they already exist, but still)

I'm saying stuff like invisiblity cloaks(The History Channel states it is possible from what I saw on the commercial)

Now, future in medicine would be a different story, so that's out of the question.

But do we really need such things like as I stated? Now, I know that is more stuff that I could've added like jetpacks, which do exist.

Now, I will say that something is sci-fi-y that would better the world is space travel. That's something that could spread the human race intergalatical, or if worm holes do exist and can travel inter-universal, then the human race could live on in the deep reaches of the ever expanding universe.

Now, another thing that I don't think is really neccesary is plasma technology like weapons.

If you have anything you would like to add that would help the human race or not be neccessary that is considered "future technology", please post.

[Commander Thor]

Do you think that it is really neccesary, say, for us to have such things as hover cars in the future(I know they already exist, but still)

I'm saying stuff like invisiblity cloaks(The History Channel states it is possible from what I saw on the commercial)

Now, future in medicine would be a different story, so that's out of the question.

But do we really need such things like as I stated? Now, I know that is more stuff that I could've added like jetpacks, which do exist.
Do we really need anything we have today?
All the human-race as a species needs, is food & water. That's it. Anything beyond that, is purely for enjoyment.

Now, I will say that something is sci-fi-y that would better the world is space travel. That's something that could spread the human race intergalatical, or if worm holes do exist and can travel inter-universal, then the human race could live on in the deep reaches of the ever expanding universe.

Mathmatically it /is/ possible for wormholes to exist, and even for us to create them, with the use of an array of lasers.

The issue around that is, with the intense amount of energy/gravity to create & sustain a wormhole, would we come out the other side in one piece?

Now, another thing that I don't think is really neccesary is plasma technology like weapons.
What about plasma reactors? For power generation.
Or plasma teathers used in outer-space?
Or a plasma perpulsion technology, for space travel?
Is that all plasma technology we shouldn't look into?
If you have anything you would like to add that would help the human race or not be neccessary that is considered "future technology", please post.

How about teleportation?
Or something more realistic, stronger & lighter building materials. To build & provide housing for our ever-expanding population.
Or hydro-ponic farming within buildings, or on top of them, since we're running out of fertile farmland.
Or a more effencient solar-cell, something that could do >50% of the sun's energy to electricity would be considered futuristic, but plausible IMO.

[Perseus]

Do we really need anything we have today?
All the human-race as a species needs, is food & water. That's it. Anything beyond that, is purely for enjoyment.


Mathmatically it /is/ possible for wormholes to exist, and even for us to create them, with the use of an array of lasers.

The issue around that is, with the intense amount of energy/gravity to create & sustain a wormhole, would we come out the other side in one piece?


What about plasma reactors? For power generation.
Or plasma teathers used in outer-space?
Or a plasma perpulsion technology, for space travel?
Is that all plasma technology we shouldn't look into?


How about teleportation?
Or something more realistic, stronger & lighter building materials. To build & provide housing for our ever-expanding population.
Or hydro-ponic farming within buildings, or on top of them, since we're running out of fertile farmland.
Or a more effencient solar-cell, something that could do >50% of the sun's energy to electricity would be considered futuristic, but plausible IMO.

Ah, so plasma can be used for power, I wasn't sure,so I didn't suggest that part. And agree with you on what we really need. And to wormholes: To create a wormhole could be very bad because you don't know where you would end up nor do you know if you would come out in one piece, as you said.

Teleportation could work if we knew how it could be possible do realign your structure to another place.

I would like to add this - time travel.
If this were to able to happen. Would you go to another dimmension or only to when it was created. And if we somehow invented one, would it help society?

[Commander Thor]

Ah, so plasma can be used for power, I wasn't sure,so I didn't suggest that part. And agree with you on what we really need. And to wormholes: To create a wormhole could be very bad because you don't know where you would end up nor do you know if you would come out in one piece, as you said.
If you had a/n array of lasers on one side, say near the solar system, then another array near the andromeda galaxy, technically you /could/ know where you end up, getting space & time to fold in on itself in a manner to where your two 'stations' if you will, would 'connect'.

But, another thing I forgot to add, what about gravity?
How would the gravity from the two locations, which had previously been separate, interact?

Teleportation could work if we knew how it could be possible do realign your structure to another place.

I would like to add this - time travel.
If this were to able to happen. Would you go to another dimmension or only to when it was created. And if we somehow invented one, would it help society?

I doubt time travel is possible.
Period.

So I won't eloborate on that.

[Perseus]

If you had a/n array of lasers on one side, say near the solar system, then another array near the andromeda galaxy, technically you /could/ know where you end up, getting space & time to fold in on itself in a manner to where your two 'stations' if you will, would 'connect'.

But, another thing I forgot to add, what about gravity?
How would the gravity from the two locations, which had previously been separate, interact?



I doubt time travel is possible.
Period.

So I won't eloborate on that.

If you had arrays of laser near the Andromeda galaxy, then how did they get there since the Andromeda Galaxy is millions of light years away? I'd suppose the gravity would collapse upon one another.

[Commander Thor]

It was an example. :p

I suppose we could use a hyper-speed drive. (Yes, something straight out of Sci-Fi shows :p )
We know how fast light travels in THIS dimension.
We also are pretty confident, that matter is limited to the speed of light.
We, also know, that the universe is multi-dimensional.

Who's to say, that we can't travel 1 million times the speed of light in another dimension? That'd get us to Andromeda fairly quick to place that array of lasers.

[Perseus]

But if we can do that why do we need a worm hole? :P

[Commander Thor]

Mmm.
Good point.

But, worm-hole travel would be fairly instant, right?
Where as hyper-speed travel, still requires the element of time.
Granted, a small amount of time, but time nonetheless.

Lets take a modernday example.
You want to go to the store, it's only a mile away.
Do you walk or drive there?

That right there is the difference between going the hyper-speed route, or the worm-hole route.

[Perseus]

Hmm.. ok, I see your point.
But I would rather travel by hyper-speed than worm hole because holes can be very dangerous especially if they close before you leave it.

[Commander Thor]

Hmm.. ok, I see your point.
But I would rather travel by hyper-speed than worm hole because holes can be very dangerous especially if they close before you leave it.

And you're not afraid of your ZPM malfunctioning and you getting stuck in another dimension?

[Perseus]

It is less likely to malfunction than a worm hole closing before you exist. Also, a wormhole could possibly crush you because of the gravity, if I am correct.

[Donkey]

Do you think that it is really neccesary, say, for us to have such things as hover cars in the future(I know they already exist, but still)
No. We have cars on the road that work, right?


I'm saying stuff like invisiblity cloaks(The History Channel states it is possible from what I saw on the commercial)
No. Imagine how much that could be abused for crimes etc.

But do we really need such things like as I stated?
No.

Now, I will say that something is sci-fi-y that would better the world is space travel. That's something that could spread the human race intergalatical, or if worm holes do exist and can travel inter-universal, then the human race could live on in the deep reaches of the ever expanding universe.
Oh yeah. We've trashed the earth, now let's trash every other planet in existence!

Now, another thing that I don't think is really neccesary is plasma technology like weapons.
Me either.

If you have anything you would like to add that would help the human race or not be neccessary that is considered "future technology", please post.
Advancement on eco things. Like more powerful solar panels, more accessible ways to save energy.

[Perseus]

No. Imagine how much that could be abused for crimes etc.

My thoughts exactly. Who knows what peopel could accomplish with those. They could walk into a bank bust the door and no one would know where he is.

[Tiberius]

I personally have to disagree with you on the aspect of plasma technologies. It has more applications that just weapons, in fact it is the thing that is necessary for nuclear fusion reactors, which in 15-20 years there will be a fully operational one in France and one projected to be built in the U.S. As with space travel, well the recent Star Trek movie completely nerded me out. What's more, it's a highly probable thing too. The chances for reaching speeds over the speed of light are greatly increased in space. And with the advent of things like cold fusion or more economical conventional fusion the is easily containable, it's all possible. God, I get a nerd-gasm from all this...

[Perseus]

The thing light-speed travel is this. It creates extra weight on the ship, if I am correct. My friend told me this and he said that it would be very foolsih because going that fast would create so much weight on the ship and it wouldn't be possible for it to go as fast the speed of light. And travel faster than light would not make much sense because you are going faster than the light is getting to you; so therefore, you might have things popping out of thin air(well, vacuum :P) that you didn't see there.

I haven't researched on light-speed because I just believed him but I shall look up on what he said about it.

[Tiberius]

You can't create weight in space. There is no gravity in space and there isn't any air to do so with.

[Commander Thor]

I think a clip from History Channel's show 'The Universe' is in order.
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[Perseus]

I love the Universe. <3
But yeah, faster than light speed is pretty much impossible.

[L]

well, i could see invisibility as being very useful for the military, but everything will improve as everything always has. we don't actually "need" any of the things we have now, but we still have them, and were going to get more and more things whether we need them or not.