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When will sci-fi tech become real? Sooner than you think
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| March 25, 2011
| Doug Gross
Posted on 03/26/2011 9:50:00 AM PDT by EveningStar
Growing up, physicist Michio Kaku had two heroes.
The first, predictably enough for the man who co-founded a branch of string theory, was Albert Einstein.
"Second?" he said. "I used to watch 'Flash Gordon.' "
Kaku, author of the new book "Physics of the Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life by 2100," combines those two loves on the Science Channel, where he hosts "Sci Fi Science" and a tech-themed segment introducing reruns of sci-fi series "Firefly," which airs at 10 p.m. ET Sundays.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: future; michiokaku
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To: EveningStar
I have two of Michio Kaku’s books in my reading queue right now.
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posted on
03/26/2011 9:51:23 AM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: EveningStar; Constitution Day
To: EveningStar
I WANT FLYING CARS!!! I was promised them at the 1964 World’s Fair in NY. GM’s “Ride of Tomorrow’’ said we’d have them by 1980! Screwed again!!
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posted on
03/26/2011 9:58:00 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: EveningStar
I’m still waiting for that little dorm-fridge size nuke plant that would sit in the basement and make all the electricity we’d ever need.
And for flying cars!
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posted on
03/26/2011 9:59:35 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(u)
To: EveningStar
And you thought the iPhone was cool ...
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:03:01 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: jmacusa
Flying cars?Average people can’t operate a car and you want them flying overhead.I’m calling Acme Corp and ordering one of those steel umbrellas that Willy always uses.
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:06:32 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Farmer Dean
I think you’re right. Maybe I was too hasty. Think I’ll call the Amce folks too and start off with something simple-like rocket-powered roller skates. They always worked for Wiley E. Coyote!
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:09:03 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: Farmer Dean
>>.I’m calling Acme Corp and ordering one of those steel umbrellas that Willy always uses.<<
I just ordered Rocket Skates from them...
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:10:03 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
To: jmacusa
You really want to trust government motors to build you a FLYING car that’s reliable? That would be the Chevy DOLT, aka “The Smudgemark” as in what’s left of you after it kisses the ground unexpectedly.
GM wold not call these crashes, but “kinetic landings”.
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:10:18 AM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: jmacusa
Why do the roller skates when you can get one of those rockets with the saddle and handlebars?
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:11:28 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: jmacusa
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:11:46 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
To: Secret Agent Man
Well somebody out there must know how to make a safe flying car!! Dang it, I want one!!!
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:12:36 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: jmacusa
Flying cars???
No way!!!
98% of the drivers (and that's a low estimate) out there can't handle two dimensions, most even have trouble with one and you want to add a third!!!
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:12:49 AM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:13:07 AM PDT
by
ROTB
(Sans Christian revival, we are government slaves, or nuked by China/Russia when we revolt.)
To: EveningStar
Bring on the Foodarackacycle!
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:13:33 AM PDT
by
FourPeas
To: Farmer Dean
Why do the roller skates when you can get one of those rockets with the saddle and handlebars? I haz one. (profile page)
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:13:44 AM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Farmer Dean
NOW THERE YA GO!!! Heck with it, I’m going out to my shed and try and make one!
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:13:56 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: EveningStar
All I want to know is how soon we’ll have lightsabers.
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:14:10 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Let this chant follow BHO everywhere he goes: "You lie. You lie. You lie.")
To: EveningStar
The future is already here.
After all, Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh are both cyborgs. Pass it on.
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posted on
03/26/2011 10:17:31 AM PDT
by
Cheburashka
(Democratic Underground: The Hogwarts of stupid.)
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