Dean Burnett (that brains guy)

Request for the hivemind

I'm looking for more examples of things/breakthroughs that are always 'imminent', e.g. predicted 'within the next 5/10 years', but thus far have not happened

So far I've got
- Nuclear fusion
- Quantum Computing
- Self-driving cars
- Canaverro's head transplant

Mar 17 at 7:20pmWeb
Show threadEmil Jacobs - CollectifissionMar 17
@Garwboy Perfect batteries.
Show threadLinda hanging onMar 17
@Garwboy
Cure for x kind of cancer
Show threadMarianneMar 17
@flcardiacnurse @Garwboy they're not promised. Not by scientists doing the work. Maybe by journalists.
Some types of cancer are curable.
Some still aren't.
We always need better tests and treatments, incremental progress is still progress.
Show threadHugo MillsMar 17
@Garwboy A breakthrough in Alzheimer's therapy.
Show threadrichMar 17
@Garwboy
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI),
Flying cars / personal air vehicles,
Space tourism,
Anti‑aging / longevity breakthroughs,
Cryonics(the revival part),
Cloning humans (although thankfully ethically stalled),
Cold fusion (since late 80's i think),
Hydrogen powered cars (at scale),
Carbon capture (again at scale),
Holographic displays,
Cashless societies,
Paperless offices (personally heard this one from 1987 - the day i started office work),
Moon colonies (or Mars)
Show threadTopmedcomMar 17
@Garwboy That a tech innovation really helps us safe time. As someone recently pointed - I forgot who it was -, for at least 20 years every single innovation in tech promised to free up our time for what‘s really important. Instead we work ever more trying to keep up with all the different channels we need to satisfy.
Show threadNick FMar 17
@Garwboy Carbon capture (on any sort of useful scale), and - in recent years - "AGI," Artificial General Intelligence (which I suspect is likely to remain "imminent" for the foreseeable future).
Show threadDeryck WallaceMar 17
@Garwboy winning the Reader’s Digest Prize Draw.
Show threadLuísMar 17
@Garwboy real artificial intelligence. Not sure why we want it, but I remember hearing it since I was a kid.
Show threadCEDunnMar 18
@Garwboy
Room temperature super conductivity