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Epik_Teacher
Joined: 28 Apr 2010
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| Phasers, so I could disintegrate all those idiot drivers and people who park on sidewalks! |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| Where's my affordable flying car already? |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:42 am Post subject: |
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I could go for a fully interactive cyberverse (ref.:any/all cyberpunk). What would a physical manifestation of Dave's look like? (probably Itaewon  ( )
Past that, a holodeck would be pretty sweet. But alternatively, I know I get pretty lazy just swinging about a Wiimote. I'm all, "F this, give me a Dpad." |
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EmigratingIrish
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Cork, Ireland
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:29 am Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| Where's my affordable flying car already? |
Governments do not trust people enough to use them safely - not because they care about you, but it would really put a dent on the tax revenue for the year if loads of people killed themselves in flying cars. Everyday I look at and listen to people around me and I am conviced that this under-estimation of human intelligence is completely justified  |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:15 am Post subject: |
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There are tons of cool things that I would like to see, but the one that should be here already, and I can't for the life of me figure out why it doesn't exist is digital documents.
By this, I don't mean pdfs docs or rtfs. I mean digital passports, digital birth certificates, digital diplomas etc. Yes, I know they will be easier to steal and fake than paper copies, but there's already digital banking, and although it's relatively easy to steal or forge virtual documents, it's a lot easier to increase security measures digitally than it is to design a new holographic stamp and print it on every piece of paper. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| I want the ability to upload my consciousness and then dump it into any body I can think of a la post humanism. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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a wireless laptop that rolls up like a scroll
or at least a bloody half-decent laptop battery that lasts 8 hours!  is the technology really so hard? |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| seonsengnimble wrote: |
There are tons of cool things that I would like to see, but the one that should be here already, and I can't for the life of me figure out why it doesn't exist is digital documents.
By this, I don't mean pdfs docs or rtfs. I mean digital passports, digital birth certificates, digital diplomas etc. Yes, I know they will be easier to steal and fake than paper copies, but there's already digital banking, and although it's relatively easy to steal or forge virtual documents, it's a lot easier to increase security measures digitally than it is to design a new holographic stamp and print it on every piece of paper. |
These are probably harder to forge, as you can embed some code that easily verifies the authenticity of the document.
Electronic signatures are long overdue as well. It's a royal pain in the ass having to print out a document sign it then fax (a fax? Come on give me an effing break) it, when you could have just attached a digital signature then hit send on your email. Is a hand drawn signature really that hard to forge? |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| Louis VI wrote: |
or at least a bloody half-decent laptop battery that lasts 8 hours! is the technology really so hard? |
My Macbook Pro has been at 8 hours for the past year. More if I'm willing to reduce the screen brightness. |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| Scyence Fyctyon |
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red_devil
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: |
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| Holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation + |
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