Who stole my future?

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First post! Someone smack me.

It’s 2006. Major companies are pooping out hardware faster than you can memorize the model number of that phone you really wanted - as soon as you do there’s the new improved model. You know, that one with faster Bluetooth so your pairing can get dropped twice as fast.

Where’s all the good stuff that we’ve been promised for decades? I’m so tired of getting hyped for some “major new development” just to finish reading the press release to find out “the first consumer products should be available within the next five years.” Everything is always just over some horizon that we’ll never reach.

Where is the nanotechnology? Or the biotechnology? The stuff that can genuinely change the way we look at our everyday products and environment for the better, even if not in earth-shattering ways?

Give me a can of paint that is self-healing when it gets scratched. I want my implanted tattoo that I can change when the mood suits me. And a coating for computer displays (LCDs, TV, plasmas, PDAs) that cleans itself. And it should also be dent-resistant (goodbye screen protectors).

Why am I still cleaning my oven? Coat that bad boy with something that completely repels grime and stains just like a duck repels water. Why aren’t my shoes made of a material that breaks down water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen, then releases it harmlessly so my feet don’t stink after a long day in my overheated office?

I can’t think of one thing in my lifetime that has really made me say “Hey, that’s fantastic, what a great development!” The internet, more powerful computers, modern wireless technology, materials science, it’s all just evolutionary. It’s going where you expect it to go - faster and stronger.

Why aren’t we like, embedding wireless signals directly in the Schumann Resonance so we don’t need satellites (or even cell towers) to make calls - the 8Hz wave is omnipresent all around the globe, why can’t we make it work for us? I’m talking out of my ass though - it’s a ULF wave and all. That means it’s slow, but even the slowest human can pull back a wind-up toy car, so make that wave push some EV-DO or something!

Or what about the practical application of quantum physics? You know, light particles getting to their destination before they even leave their origin? How awesome would it be if someone picked up their phone before I even called them? Your skull would crack just trying to comprehend it - that’s how awesome it would be.

I want some skull-crackingly awesome developments that I can actually blow money I don’t have on, before my unborn kids turn 30. This world is boring as all get-out.