How far do you think technology will go?

Question

Like for instance with google map street view option what do you think they will come up with next actual live footage do you think we will be able to view into places like in the Caribbean and Africa.

What do you think is next with cellphones and the internet.

Do you think one day we will have flying cars and houses that float on water.

Answer 1

Don't expect flying cars. Not because they are impossible, but

it is just too impractical for all those millions of individuals to be

flying around in all directions at once, like in the film 'The Fifth

Element'. But we won't need them, because what we will have

will be so much better!

Here's a few things to expect (some in the very far future, some

not quite so far off):



Eventually there won't even be a need for cell phones. You will

have a brain implant that allows you to connect to anyone just by

thinking of them. This will be made possible by computer chips

that connect living tissue to computers. Hopefully, having the

chip implanted will be your choice, but it may become mandatory

by the government for 'security' reasons.

This will also allow you to create and experience artificial environments like the 'holo-deck' from Star Trek, just by thinking

about them.



Advances in our understanding of quantum mechanics and the

interconnection of space through higher dimensions, will allow us

to have true transporters that allow instantaneous travel from any

point to any other. This will also allow us to eventually travel between

planets and other stars, making the whole universe accessible without

the need for spaceships.



The internet will be free for everyone, and connect you to everyone

and everything you need for daily life: TV, communication, shopping

and merchants, banks, etc.

There won't be any more cash money. All financial transactions will

be electronic transfers and instant, provided once again by a chip

implanted in your body.



All TV and communication will be 3-D.

Computers will be contained in every device, and every home will

come equipped with a master computer that runs the household by

voice or thought command. Stand alone computers will no longer

exist as we know them, but rather as disposable sheets of paper

that are used once and tossed away. There will no longer be a need

for printed books or newspapers, as all human knowledge will be

accessible via one central giant database. For the same reason,

CDs, DVDs, iPods and most other 'hard' portable data devices will no longer be needed.



There will be a major advance in the area of 'programmable matter',

which will take electronic nano-materials and apply them to a surface.

By applying the correct electrical charge to these materials, you can

change their chemical and physical properties to anything desired.

Applied to the surface of a home, you will be able to flip a switch and

turn a solid wall into a clear window. Or change the color of the house.

Because you will not just be changing the appearance of things, but

their electronic structure, they will take on all the properties of that material: thus you could turn a soft rubber sheet into an impenetrable

solid wall, or a cheap iron block into having all the properties of gold.



In medicine, artificial organs will be "printed" using a large inkjet type

printer device, that will use undifferentiated living cells to print instead

of ink. (this device already exists!)

You will be able to print a new heart valve, or skin, that exactly matches the DNA of the person who needs it.







These are just a few things we could see. And the most amazing part

is that all of these already exist in primitive form and are currently being worked on.

Hopefully, we will be able to avoid destroying ourselves long enough

for these technologies to become fully realized. Unfortunately, military technology is also improving all the time, giving us new and

better ways to kill each other~

Answer 2

well first off i just wanna say houses' that float on water = a house boat. (rim shot)

and we already have those



other than that



technology will go as far as out imagination and curiosity takes us



we have a long way to go



and I can't wait to see what we come up with in my life time.



hopefully some sick intergalactic findings

Answer 3

The conquest of space didn't stop man to reach it in spite of the impossibilities. The quest of man to amass wealth and power at any cost drives morality issue to unprofitable avenue that most rich people wouldn't take. This is human nature. Man as the dominant specie have drive other life forms to extinction, pollute the very air he needs, the water and food that nourish him. Man even made a hole in the sky, which is un-thought off. To make his life interesting, he creates war as though the earth is our own personal toy. How far can man continue is only the limit of his existence and often to destruction.

Answer 4

well. with flying cars. that will never happen. One future day we may have hover vehicles, but they will not be known as "cars". as far as cars go, they will require way too much power to fly, and it is just not applicable.



with cell phones and internet, I believe the internet will still be the internet, however accessing the internet will become far easier, with greater locations, cell phones will have the power of laptops, the internet will be as available as air itself



google street maps will never be live footage. that is too much power to anyone, and noone will develop it, nor will it be allowed in use. live satellite imagery is already available for for top government agencies, and that is enough for what they need. however, there may be an advance where, with permission, one can allow others to track and retrieve live image from a cell phone or similar device, however it will never be google maps.



eventually, for a price, low quality commercial satellite imagery may be available for use at a fee, but it wont be good enough for any real "spying" use, and areas will be restricted.

Answer 5

idk how far they will go but telling by todays standards, its going to be absolutely insane 20 years from now, i just want to be around when they have the technology to travel to other solar systems and find other forms of life, but that probably wont happen within our lifetime at least