Futuristic Technology

[Johnny Pneumatic]

One of the neatest ideas I've read about in a long time is supramass shell worlds and other structures that would use Dynamic Compression Members for support. You can read how they'd work in the science papers section a little ways down on http://www.paulbirch.net/
I don't know if you're familiar with Dyson Spheres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_Spheres) but a suprastellar shell would be like a Dyson Shell, except possible without needing unobtanium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtanium)
A million times Earth's area per suprastellar shell, and thousands could be built around a single Sol(The Sun)-like star! Lot's of living space, yes?


Utility Fog (http://discuss.foresight.org/~josh/Ufog.html), can you imagine a material that can change shape like the T-1000 from Terminator 2? Also can change volume, unlike the T-1000 is described. Isn't plausible someday so much cooler than Hollywood fiction?

[Johnny Pneumatic]

Respirocytes (http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/Respirocytes.html), an artificial, nanotechnological, blood cell that could let you hold your breath for 2-20 hours(depending on the type).

[ScalyKumar]

Wow, this is neat stuff. Those artificial blood cells I'd very much like to own. I'd sell my SCUBA tank and buoyancy compensator right away to buy them. :yup: I guess I'll be fifty to seventy years old before they exist though. :( What a shame!