BTW... For those on the "teleporter" kick: If we had the technology now to disassemble matter and transport it to another location and reassemble it... or for that matter, if we had the technology to disassemble matter to a point where it can be categorically arranged, wouldn't we want to use that technology to remove, let's say, cancer cells?
First things first, of course.
well, like I said, and the quote said, it could change the way alot of people think about things.
second, teleporters do not dissasemble matter, they copy the information of individual particals. the hardest part is assimmilating all that data into one data stream and processing it (easy for a quantum computer btw), then making sure all atoms are accurately copied.
the original is still alive and kicking after the operation (unless the process of reading them destroys them, but I don't think it does). of course, I don't remember all the details I read about before accurately, so I'm probably off on alot of this..
You're probably right. But my point is that if it's NOT cold fusion then it's nothing.
There is nothing else within the realm of possibility (if you consider cold fusion within the realm of possibility, which is itself questionable), that could possibly, literally meet the criteria required.
There's certainly nothing mentioned on this thread that meets those requirements. (Teleportation devices and quantum physics fantasies don't count, as they are clearly so far beyond the absurd outer limits of ANY kind of possibility as to be laughable.)
Completely changing the world? More money than Microsoft in 5 years? Baloney. I'm kind of surprised so many people are already suggesting such lowered-expectation devices as one-wheeled scooters.
heh, well I can see you are truly single minded, there are MANY things that meet those criteria, most of which have been mentioned on this thread.
Cold Fusion, who gives a damn, when REAL fusion is about 10 years away anyway.
if the states didn't back out of helping with the next generator, the largest ever, they would have been alot further along, and would have ended up with a larger reactor, however the one they are building according to the results they have achieved so far, will be self sustaining
Teleportation devices are NOT that far off. they HAVE 'teleported' things already, but really, like I said above, the majority of scientists in the world are working for companies on specific projects. this could be just one company that was doing real work on devices that are based on Quantum Physics.
what we have heard so far, and what is reality, can easily be two things. you thought the government was the only one who did that? maybe you should read up on a little thing called competition, and why giving information out freely will screw you over.
more money the MS in 5 years? no problem, have you any idea how HUGE the Automotive and Oil industries are? the internet is PUNY compared to them.