Gee Whiz Technology

[Digger]

Admittedly I'm thinking of Star Trek here... but which Gee Whiz technology do you feel may actually come to fruition in the future and why? Warp drive? Transporter technology? Suspended animation? I'd like to discuss the possibilities and why or why not you feel that any of these may actually be possible.

 

[led.boots]

I have wanted Rosie the Robot since I was a kid. If I can't have her, I'm boycotting the Star Trek tech.

 

[Alice-Bee]

Hover cars that sound like they do in cartoons...or Im not buying one.

 

[beancounter]

looking in the (hopefully) short term, I think a viable manned space ship to Mars will be developed.

Also, I think artificial limbs that responded to brain signals will be perfected.

And we probably have the technology right now for a universal translator type device (for known languages). Although it would probably be too big to fit on your shirt.

 

[sleepydvdr]

I have one that is real! Superconducting magnets that create quantum locking.

 

[Forster]

I'd like to see a cost effective method of storing of large quantities of compressed hydrogen... coupled with cost effective home fuel cells and solar/wind turbines for electrolysis.