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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 19:31:37 GMT
I was a young child in the 60s, a teenager in the 70s and although in my head anyway, I'm still only about 29, in a couple of years I'll be into my sixties.
Many technological advances have become common sights in that time, stuff that was the preserve of science fiction when I was young, hand held mobile communication devices, household computers, the Internet, etc etc...
But I remain slightly disappointed that we still drive around on wheels, it was a certainty back then that by now we'd all have flying cars and hover boots.
I wonder if we ever will? I wonder more though, what the "Next Big Thing" will be. I wonder what is currently being developed, that no one yet knows they need or want, but that will again generate another complete shift in our perception of what is "normal"
Imagine going back to around the time I was born and trying to explain the Internet to people and how much it would be used.
What's next I wonder? (I so want it to be hover boots !?🤓)
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Post by WDB on Sept 19, 2016 19:47:56 GMT
I'd far rather have a hover rucksack. Hover boots would probably just tip you over flat on your face.
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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 19:51:44 GMT
Ah, but if you had a hover rucksack and hover boots, they would give you a far higher chance of achieving some form of equilibrium in flight.
Wouldn't they?
Edit - a hover hat wouldn't work though, despite its obvious appeal in terms of vertical stability. It'd just keep floating away.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 19, 2016 20:05:18 GMT
I was a young child in the 60s, a teenager in the 70s and although in my head anyway, I'm still only about 29, in a couple of years I'll be into my sixties. Many technological advances have become common sights in that time, stuff that was the preserve of science fiction when I was young, hand held mobile communication devices, household computers, the Internet, etc etc... But I remain slightly disappointed that we still drive around on wheels, it was a certainty back then that by now we'd all have flying cars and hover boots. I wonder if we ever will? I wonder more though, what the "Next Big Thing" will be. I wonder what is currently being developed, that no one yet knows they need or want, but that will again generate another complete shift in our perception of what is "normal" Imagine going back to around the time I was born and trying to explain the Internet to people and how much it would be used. What's next I wonder? (I so want it to be hover boots !?🤓 If you need to know what next, based on its track record so far,. Star Trek is your technological guide to the future. |
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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 19, 2016 20:07:47 GMT
- a hover hat wouldn't work though, despite its obvious appeal in terms of vertical stability. It'd just keep floating away. ...chin strap, old chap. S'what they were invented for.... |
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Post by Humph on Sept 19, 2016 20:14:16 GMT
So, if Star Trek is to be our guide, I wonder if being "transported" or "beamed" could ever happen? Frankly, I'd be chuffed to bits just with the swooshy doors.
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Post by tyrednexited on Sept 19, 2016 20:17:24 GMT
So, if Star Trek is to be our guide, I wonder if being "transported" or "beamed" could ever happen? Frankly, I'd be chuffed to bits just with the swooshy doors. ..just don't watch "The Fly".... |
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 19, 2016 20:19:06 GMT
So, if Star Trek is to be our guide, I wonder if being "transported" or "beamed" could ever happen? Frankly, I'd be chuffed to bits just with the swooshy doors. you havent got "swish" doors? My phone makes the star trek communicator noise when a text arrives. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2016 22:06:14 GMT
I don't really think that there have been any conceptual inventions in the last 50 years, have there? Massive functional differences, new ways of linking stuff together, size and capability improvements but new concepts?
Cell phones? We've had mobile and wireless communications for a lot longer than that. Recorded video, stored information, talking technology etc. etc. Fantastically more advanced than it used to be for sure, but a new concept? Not really.
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Post by Humph on Sept 20, 2016 16:32:16 GMT
I sort of see what you mean, but there have been some major, mainly technological advances in that period. Strikes me though, that the 20th century in total saw the most dramatic changes, from essentially a society that had a horse drawn infrastructure and a steam driven industry to one where world travel, even space travel and exploration is seen as routine.
On a serious note, I wonder how different the world will be by the end of this century? Cancer and heart disease eliminated maybe? Or will we see a more sinister and ever widening divide between the fortunes and opportunities available to those lucky enough to live in the lands of plenty and those who don't?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 16:46:55 GMT
Essentially if it existed in fiction before, then its not a new concept. And all these things, for us, existed in fiction before we had to deal with them.
What is awe inspiring and difficult to explain, is the change in society, behaviour, facility and opportunity between 1960 and now. But this hasn't really come from any invention, it has come from improvement and combination.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 20, 2016 20:43:46 GMT
Essentially if it existed in fiction before, then its not a new concept. And all these things, for us, existed in fiction before we had to deal with them. What is awe inspiring and difficult to explain, is the change in society, behaviour, facility and opportunity between 1960 and now. But this hasn't really come from any invention, it has come from improvement and combination. Using your criteria, what do you class as a new concept in the last 100 years. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 20:46:55 GMT
Not much.
Video / moving pictures, I guess, although that might be a bit older.
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Post by Hofmeister on Sept 20, 2016 20:51:15 GMT
Not much. Video / moving pictures, I guess, although that might be a bit older. I can only think of Nuclear Fission |
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Post by Alanović on Sept 21, 2016 12:07:58 GMT
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