/sci/ - Science & Math

Where will we be in one hundred years? In terms of everything: computers, space, politics, climate, science in general. For this, let's assume humans aren't extinct.

Just wanted to share this gem with you guys. One of the most entertaining places I've found on the internet.

http://futuretimeline.net/

Enjoy and discuss.

>>4318051
>Is our future to be robots and live forever?

I have become an unfeeling, uncaring shell of a man. I have no emotions. I am almost a robot.

>No more sex?
I'm not having any sex either.

I must be living in the future.

>>3986332

1) http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-features/53504-this-contact-lens-displays-images-on-your-retina
2) http://www.space.com/11584-space-tourism-private-moon-flights-details.html
3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Fxp3HK6DI
4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zi0_4xHS40 (adapted to giving a blowjob and added sexbot)

Some of them are still expensive, but really they're just a bit late coming to market. The reason why space flight is is expensive is that it's a shitton of fuel and money to get to orbit, not to mention the things are so delicate and complex. The others are gonna become commercially viable very soon though.

What do you think will be the greatest achievement and event in the next 10-20 years? It could be an event, a technological achievement or whatever.

When you search for videos about what a regular life in the future will be like all you find is "lol screens everywhere! some bending screens and screens on your coffeee mug and screens in your newspaper"

OK ENOUGH OF THE FUCKING SCREENS!

So please tell me what technologies are on the horizon that will impact the way people live THAT IS NOT A SCREEN!

For as long as I want. This can vary from 200 years to 200,000,000 years.

>>3299536
>i think it's ludicrous to just assume that humans will most likely figure some way to travel the fucking huge distance between this solar system and the nearest one, let alone anything farther than that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet

>>3135733
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#Production_and_refinement
>Although aluminium is the most abundant metallic element in the Earth's crust, it is never found in free, metallic form, and it was once considered a precious metal more valuable than gold. Napoleon III, Emperor of France, is reputed to have given a banquet where the most honoured guests were given aluminium utensils, while the others made do with gold.[19][20] The Washington Monument was completed, with the 100 ounce (2.8 kg) aluminium capstone being put in place on December 6, 1884, in an elaborate dedication ceremony. It was the largest single piece of aluminium cast at the time, when aluminium was as expensive as silver.[21] Aluminium has been produced in commercial quantities for just over 100 years.

Think of all the technologies we use that require aluminium. Then remember that many modern electronics require rare earth metals such as palladium and iridium. Yes, it will fuck up the market if a whole load is dumped on suddenly. But the market is largely held by China who make and export over 90% of the world's rare earth metals I believe. And after the crash we will have inventions and new ideas that can utilize the new abundance of these minerals.

At one time the horse carriage drivers were petitioning against cars due to it running them out of business. Change will happen regardless.

>>2951450

/sci/, tell us your own perfect world as you see it. What kind of place would you like to live in?

we discuss possible sources of fuel, for future use

does anyone on /sci/ believe the world will be a better place in 50 years? That billions of people won't die off? That world powers won't beat us into the ground?

Contrary to the popularly held belief that semiconductor (or other) transistor based computational systems (CPUs, GPUs, etc) will continue to shrink and become more powerful...


I think that relatively soon, the requirements/desires of the average consumer will be too extensive for an imbedded CPU in something like a smart phone or even a console game system.
I think that when this happens, a complete paradigm shift will occur.


instead of releasing a new phone/game system/pc every few months... each with more storage space or a more powerful processor...


that hardware developers will instead sell devices with larger higher resolution screens, better battery life, better software (paradigm shift), and faster modems....


the main point being:


eventually we will all have personal mainframes in our homes/businesses.


our consumer electronic devices, computers, hell even the ECU in our car....

will all use Hardware Virtualization, and simply "stream" everything from these mainframes...


in this way, your smart phone simply acts as a modem with a screen and minimal hardware to display previously compressed/encoded video streams...

your PC is just a box that recieves and transmits inputs from peripheral devices


and any of these devices can be as powerful as your 5U, 64 CPU core, 16 discrete GPU, 20 terabyte database, 20 gigabyte memory $30,000 mainframe...


it sounds like a lot... new houses will be built with them as part of the "ground floor"

people without the ability to pay for such investment will use services where they pay for computational access and storage space...

businesses will use them in a similar fashion rather than buying and maintaining hundreds of personal computers and separate server facilities...

Safety trials beginning on stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury patients. It's been a long time coming. Too bad Christopher Reeves couldn't live to see this.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2010-10-12-stemcells12_ST_N.htm

http://www.futuretimeline.net/index.htm

How accurate do you think this shit is, /sci/?