Utility fog light... Maybe it'll happen (in usable form, not just lab demos) in 100 years or more. For any of us to see it, Aubrey de Gray needs to be right.

^ I think Aubrey is mostly right. The biggest question about sustainable longevity, at least to me, is "how soon".

It's too early to tell if there are any major roadblocks ahead. The biggest one may be political rather than technical, but it's difficult to predict at this point.

revolutionizing phone sex in the 22nd century

This video is pointless unless you are looking to invest. Nothing works yet but maybe in the future it will so give us more money...
-Karl

^ It's from the Discovery series NextWorld, mainly showing tech that may exist in the future.

The purpose is mostly entertainment and education about current research directions. I don't remember them asking for money at any point in the show.

Everything needs to be imagined before it can become reality, and these ideas are actually way beyond science fiction even now because they are being pursued actively with existing technology and sound scientific principles.

Surely it will be very difficult, but before dismissing these ideas, consider how much has changed in the last 100 years. Someone born in 1898 who lived 100 years would have gone from a pre-lightbulb world to seeing it in widespread use, survived two world wars, seen the development of air travel, radar, the harnessing of nuclear power, landing on the MOON (!!), regular travel to outer space via the space shuttle, the building of several space stations, the development of every modern cancer therapy, cloning, sequencing of the human genome, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, Xray tomography, computers going from nothing to ubiquitous use, the explosion of the internet, cell phones, and a kajillion other major advances I don't have time to list right now.

If nothing else, this series of videos serves to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, but all indications are that the RATE of change is INCREASING. Why? Because better technology helps us do more, FASTER. Not to mention there are MORE humans able to do MORE, FASTER, thanks to new technology.

I could easily see this technology in use in 40 years, and while I wouldn't invest as a venture capitalist at this point, research funding agencies are wise to fund this research as it will spur advancements in material science, electronics, computers & AI, and engineering even if we don't have a 3D Sex Bot by 2050.

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This video is heavy on CGI and very light on science - Hacking Matter is a pretty cool book that deals with the more technical aspects of this kind of stuff.

I may as well make the same program about "Sexy Food!!!", you eat a banana and it makes you pregnant even if you can't conceive. There's no substance in this video whatsoever.

Some guy saying "Wouldn't it be cool if we had this stuff that you could program and it'd be like atoms and omg it'd be phuckin sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet."

stupid. Show me something more than speculation.

All I got from this is "in the future your hookers will not have to get in a cab"

>> ^d3bas3r:
All I got from this is "in the future your hookers will not have to get in a cab"


Also your hooker will be Clayface.......not cool.