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What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Also clean energy but personally virtual reality 100%. Give me that SAO experience, damn it. Just without y'know the bad stuff

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[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Hoverboards obviously.

[-] ludrol@bookwormstory.social 3 points 2 years ago

Catgirls

and space adapted humans

radiation resistance (I think charnobyl wolves have that already)
better eyeballs, digestive system and bones
propulsion system
vacum survivability

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[-] HokaPsice@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It's not really science fiction since there are scientists working on it right now, because capitalism is the brake of development. I would invest on photonic computer research, that would help advancement of society in all aspect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_computing

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I read an ieee paper a few years ago that went into why photonic computing failed and why it won't ever succeed.

The problem is that photons are fat compared to electrons so circuits couldn't be made as small as they are already today. When cmos was 500 nm and researchers weren't sure if things could be made smaller, photonics made sense. But now they're at 3nm process (yes it is a marketing label, but pitch is 24 nm ) . Visible light has a wavelength of 400nm. The wave function of a photon would smear across circuits that small.

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[-] rustydomino@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Combustible lemons. But failing that, a portal gun.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Not so much technology, but I'd fund the Howard Society for real. For those unfamiliar, it's a program to identify people who are genetically predisposed to natural long life and pay them to have kids with each other; it's a core plot point in a bunch of Heinlein novels.

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