Science! you think would be really cool.

[OhmGautama]

Replicators from Star Trek. It would be an amazing piece of engineering that could drastically change society for the better.

Would also completely destabilize the world economy to the point where the current crisis would look like a joke.

Well that was part of the point of replicators, to get rid of money as the necessity for survival. It allowed for people to obtain food, water etc free. So things such as starvation etc were no longer a problem and the world was driven less by a need for money and more for a need to better themselves through technology and exploration.

[guy07]

Sharks with freaking laser beams attached to their heads.

[godix]

Laser beams with freaking sharks attached to their ass.

[Mithroch]

Replicators from Star Trek. It would be an amazing piece of engineering that could drastically change society for the better.

Would also completely destabilize the world economy to the point where the current crisis would look like a joke.

Well that was part of the point of replicators, to get rid of money as the necessity for survival. It allowed for people to obtain food, water etc free. So things such as starvation etc were no longer a problem and the world was driven less by a need for money and more for a need to better themselves through technology and exploration.

Lets be serious here... if replicators existed the world would be more like WALL-E and less like Star Trek. We wouldn't get off our asses to explore our closet... let alone the galaxy.

[OhmGautama]

Well, I cant speak for everyone else, but If I were offered the option to explore the universe, I would take it.

[Yok/0]

I'd like to make amvs with my mind, it would cut out all the ripping and crap, and videos would turn out more how I imagine them

"I can add Lens Flare with my mind."

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/14/br ... lants.html

[JaddziaDax]

yes I've seen that amv

[EvaFan]

If I were to be serious about this thread then I guess I'd go with gene splicing. I think it'd be cool to have some attributes of an animal I like...

[BasharOfTheAges]

Replicators from Star Trek. It would be an amazing piece of engineering that could drastically change society for the better.

Would also completely destabilize the world economy to the point where the current crisis would look like a joke.

Well that was part of the point of replicators, to get rid of money as the necessity for survival. It allowed for people to obtain food, water etc free. So things such as starvation etc were no longer a problem and the world was driven less by a need for money and more for a need to better themselves through technology and exploration.

So the only arena of competition becomes warfare. Without money you can't prove success and therefore that you're better than other people.

[Coffee 54]

I was going to say 'Personal Force Fields' but then I thought better of it. A world in which people could say whatever they want without fear of being punched in the face stands to turn real life into a giant internet forum. And that is a very, very scary prospect.