[Havoc]

Why is that when people think about future tech, they always think in the most impractical way possible? Flying cars, personal jet packs, conveyor belts to transport you around the place. How on earth are these things even practical?

It reminds me of a news report I saw back when I was a little kid (on a special kids news show that was aired right before Sesame Street). They had an item on a company that was researching new ways to light freeways and they had all kinds of super nifty designs. Streetlights that are buried underground and come up when it gets dark. Large contraptions that extend streetlights outwards when it gets dark. Even lights that were equipped with rotor blades and flew up in the air.

At the time they were all like, in 10 to 15 years this will be the way streets are illuminated. And me being a kid was all like 'wow that's awesome'. Almost 20 years later the street lighting hasn't changed at all and I'm thinking about the designs they were showing and how completely useless they were. I mean, what is the added benefit of having a streetlight that rises from the ground or one that can hover? It makes absolutely no sense that any money was even put into that project now that I think about it.

And the same still applies. New tech will come in the form of new power sources for cars, newer and faster ways of transport, tech to build higher than ever before. Mostly stuff that improves on what we already have.

One thing I do think is going to make a very big leap forward is mechanical improvements to the human body. Better robotic arms, legs. Robotic eyes, ears. Maybe even complete replacements for the heart or other organs. And if stem cell research ever gets the attention it deserves we have whole range medical advances to choose from.