[HiTech RedNeck]

Will any technologies result from the theoretical discovery of the Higgs — who knows.

It seems the important thing in the theory isn’t this very fleeting Higgs boson, but a Higgs field — kind of like a magnetic or electric field in that we can’t see it, but it fills all space — in which perturbations can cause Higgs bosons to make their fleeting appearance. The Higgs field, without any of its bosons needing to be present, is theorized to exert a drag or pull upon other particles, a drag that we have classically called the inertial and gravitational effects related to mass. For Higgs bosons themselves to exist seems but a laboratory curiosity.

Antigravity fields might result from perturbing the Higgs field in the right manner... but who knows. Only God does at this time.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

The Higgs field, without any of its bosons needing to be present, is theorized to exert a drag or pull upon other particles, a drag that we have classically called the inertial and gravitational effects related to mass. For Higgs bosons themselves to exist seems but a laboratory curiosity.

Antigravity fields might result from perturbing the Higgs field in the right manner...

Or perhaps "artificial gravity" fields for long term space flight (to eliminate bone decalcification). If the ability to manipulate mass is found to be possible then we may someday be able to accelerate to 'photonic' velocity! C would no longer keep us bound to the solar system.

Regards,
GtG

[Moonman62]

For Higgs bosons themselves to exist seems but a laboratory curiosity.

Yes, but for now the only way to say the field exists is to find the particle.

[antiRepublicrat]

Will any technologies result from the theoretical discovery of the Higgs — who knows.

Who knew what tech would come from discovering the chemical structure of DNA? Maybe that pseudo-gravity we see on Sci-Fi spaceships is a directional artificial Higgs field dragging objects to the floor of the ship.