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Assistance:
can u imagine this....Bloc ur old enough to remember LP's
and the kids these days with their Ipods and txt msg'n

are kids are gonna grow up and say.... you text message what? why didnt you just go there?

btw incase u thought i was BS'n about it already being done 'minute scale'
article from 2004

We are able to teleport in a deliberate way - that is, at the push of a button
Professor Rainer Blatt, University of Innsbruck

Personally, I see it doing more harm then good  :(



 

NEMINI:

--- Quote from: Assistance on February 06, 2007, 02:43:07 PM ---personally I think teleportation is the next "big" thing
yes it is transportation, and has already been achieved on a minute scale

imagine

1 day all smf users can get to together to talk about the next release 

--- End quote ---

I disagree, in fact I see it just the opposite.  The more people have broadband and the switchover to much faster fiberoptic broadband the more we'll see video conferencing for the masses.  My wife and I are currently on different continents for the next few months, we've been using MSN to do video calling every day.  I think as broadband grows and expends people will feel the need to actually move les and less.  With faster broadband comes better video, high framerates and better quality.  Twenty years from now we may very well have a majority of 'green cars' but far fewer people will need to use them in their daily lives.  

Bloc:
Sure..in the big cities. But in the bigger areas of population, the in-between areas, suburbs if you like, transportation is still going to be a thing: you can't send the kids to school or daycare through video, having groceries delived by video or make love through video(thsu having to go somewhere to actually meet them) lol. ;D

Video/internet is another aspect that will increase, but thats a modern society thing primary(still, but will catch up) , transport touches everyone from the poor chinese farmer to Bill gates.

NEMINI:

--- Quote from: Bloc on February 11, 2007, 06:13:48 PM ---transport touches everyone from the poor chinese farmer to Bill gates.

--- End quote ---

Exactly, so how can it be the next big thing when its already been there for years?  So what if it uses different fuel the time it takes will not change much.  To be the next big thing in transport you'd have to find a way to cut down transport times, alternate fuels do not do this.

Bloc:
The faster the better you mean? :)

You are completely missing my point. "The next big thing" can be anything, it doesn't have to be new gadgets, in fact the new-gadget-a-week has began to slow down - or at least the interest for it. What I think will be the most important seen in hindsight - alwasy in hindsight - is what changes most peoples lives in the nearby future. And it won't be transport systems only the rich can afford, like flying in heli-cars or whatever. Its everyday things - like the transformation of using real money to using cards only.

But I could be wrong. :)

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