Asteroid mining, lab-grown meat, and more:

[donotpissoffacow]

these five watershed moments in science and technology will change the world - and some sooner than we may think.
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The eco-burger of the future will be grown in a vat, by taking animal stem cells and feeding them nutrients until they grow into pieces of tissue large enough to eat.
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Nine out of every 10 road accidents happen because of human error, a term that covers everything from speeding and drink driving to simply not paying attention. Industry experts project that switching to automated vehicles could eliminate these accidents and so prevent 90% of traffic-related deaths.
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Blockchain advocates believe the answer is to forget about banks altogether.
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fusion reactions are safe and produce virtually no radioactive waste.
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Asteroid mining may sound like something out of Star Trek, but several companies take it very seriously.
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171029-five-big-ideas-and-when-theyll-happen

[lapfog_1]

1. commercial fusion can't come soon enough

but then, we have been promised it since the late sixties.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Back in the '60s Popular science loved tyo entice us withe personal airplanes and...

automated roadways where you got on the wired road and let it take over. Even better was the road was electrified, like a train's third rail. GM even played with the idea and set up a few experimental roads. Nowadays, we have the technical ability to do it, if not the will.

I like the lab meat idea. We can design it for taste and nutrition with no dead animals, cow farts, lakes of pigshit, or acres and acres of land designated for animal feed.

[longship]

3. Where is my fucking jet pack?

And where is my nuclear powered vacuum sweeper?

I remember the 50's. The Jetsons had everything!

I want it NOW!