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What would be the benefit of large scale underwater transportation and living? I suppose if the surface became uninhabitable, or if we wanted to hide from space-based surveillance.
Nice radiation shielding in case the earth poles reverse. I can't think of anything better.
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What would be the benefit of large scale underwater transportation and living? I suppose if the surface became uninhabitable, or if we wanted to hide from space-based surveillance.
Living space. Imagine if they built out San Francisco into the sea, you would open up so much more attractive locations a to build homes at and live in.
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Living space. Imagine if they built out San Francisco into the sea, you would open up so much more attractive locations a to build homes at and live in.
There's no lack of living space. What we lack is living space in transportation range of interesting places.
This might be a better source, with all of the images. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vis...
Which makes me wonder what people in future will think about our science fiction media.
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> regrowing limbs I can see that, in limited capacities, in less than 10 years for animals, and 20 for humans. Regrowing bones from genetic/growth defects for children at least, maybe minor bone reconstruction too.
It is closer than that. Arguable, we are regrowing lost bits and pieces already (skin graft, moving blood vessels around). >> World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials https://globalnews.ca/news/9984605/tooth-regrowth-drug/
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They envisioned robotic tailors and even today we are far away from that it's last one this slide https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vis...
> They envisioned robotic tailors and even today we are far away from that There was a startup 3 decades ago, where you ordered custom khakis on the web. As a first step towards broader custom clothes. Entering assorted measurements, or modifying the dimensions of a previous purchase, a custom pattern was quickly laser cut, manually stitched in one of the last garment factories in the US, and overnighted. Patented, s…
One of the interesting things about these photos is that, aside from all the under-water ones, many of the contraptions exist. We just call them Roomba, Kubota tractor, Audible, Philips All-In-One Trimmer, etc. One consistent facet is that many of our modern technologies are a lot more complex on the inside, but simpler in appearance. There really is one guy pushing buttons to harvest thousands of acres. There's a co…
My neighborhood dates from the turn of the century. The houses that date back to the original days of the neighborhood are easy to spot, because they're built up on a berm about 3 to 4 feet higher than the street level. This is because when they were built, the street was just a bunch of mud and horse manure. The standard house design would dig out a half under grade basement, piling the excavated dirt into a berm around the house to keep it above the surrounding muck.
In the midst of rapid technological progress, encompassing breakthroughs in AI, chips/semiconductors, alongside the unsettling surge in global geopolitical tensions and the transformative impact of certain social media, particularly affecting Gen Z & Alpha, I find myself constantly pondering the trajectory of our future. The relentless pace of change prompts me to question what life may entail in the next 10, 40 year…