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TheLyniezian Is not actually from Lyniezia from South Bernicia Since: Aug, 2012
Is not actually from Lyniezia
#26: Sep 30th 2014 at 10:50:46 AM

To be honest, some of what I thought might be cool as a kid is something I don't care too much for now. For instance, how about a device worn round your wrist that does more than tell the time? (I was perhaps hoping for something like a communications device, with or without video, not a portable computing type device.) As of now, we have smart watches, and I'm thinking, "so what? What is the point of these things?"

Or RayGuns. Why do we want to invest in a cooler method of killing people? If they can be set to stun fine, but then would they have the same risks as a Taser?

I wonder why we never had videophones though. As in proper videophones, not video messaging on your portable device, or Skype. As in, the landline sort. And which wouldn't cost any more than a normal call.

It would perhaps have been nice to see more progress made in manned space travel, possibly even the commercialization of space, before now. I am sure we could save the money fighting questionable wars and re-invest it in such ventures...

edited 30th Sep '14 10:52:30 AM by TheLyniezian

OmegaShadowcry Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man from The Arena Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Spooky Scary Boneheaded Man
#27: Oct 20th 2014 at 10:46:18 PM

Oooh, have I ever.

Because, DANGIT, I want my Jaeger!

"The Stick has sentimental value. It's like an enormous, hideous teddy bear we can kill things with." -rikalous
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#28: Oct 20th 2014 at 10:46:35 PM

I want internet that doesn't suck

Oh really when?
Pirka For every name that's been erased... from a tiny sub in your body Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
For every name that's been erased...
#29: Oct 21st 2014 at 12:48:07 AM

I always feel this way when I watch tech demos of stuff, especially Augmented Reality.

~Pirka
RatherRandomRachel "Just as planned." from Somewhere underground. Since: Sep, 2013
"Just as planned."
#30: Oct 21st 2014 at 3:54:56 AM

I want metal legs and arms that are fully functional so I can do tasks much more intricate than what I can do now.

"Did you expect somebody else?"
Demetrios Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
#31: Oct 21st 2014 at 8:17:27 AM

I get the feeling my job is going to make me end up with robot hands like Luke Skywalker. >.>

I like to keep my audience riveted.
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#32: Oct 21st 2014 at 9:15:39 AM

What do u do? Also that reminds me of that Hawaiian kid who got a 3d printed robot hand. FOR FREE! Lucky bastard

Demetrios Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
Our Favorite Cowgirl, er, Mare
ElectricNova Since: Jun, 2012
#34: Oct 21st 2014 at 9:21:43 AM

I still want my shrink rays damn it.

Let's not.....go into why.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#35: Oct 21st 2014 at 9:27:41 AM

That's not physically possible without maybe bending the space and time around an object , hypothetically. Telepathy is possible thru electronic augmentation , but other things like backwards time travel are by their nature much harder to pull off. Also ur muscles might atrophy? I don't know , I'm hypothesizing here, but they might because of the square cube law

edited 21st Oct '14 9:29:09 AM by Xopher001

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#36: Oct 21st 2014 at 12:06:35 PM

Again I refer to my friend who's said a lot of cool shit that seems way out there now has a very good chance of being real before I'm even old enough for AARP.

Hold me.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#37: Oct 25th 2014 at 12:04:15 PM

I want to be the crash test dummy for the sort of work that Adam Jensen got done in Human Revolution. The whole thing.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#38: Oct 28th 2014 at 1:32:22 PM

Dude.

I pretty find myself saying I Want My Jetpack, as in an actual Jet Pack, all the damn time.

I've earned it.....somehow.

One Strip! One Strip!
MaxwellDaring Since: Jan, 2013
#39: Oct 29th 2014 at 10:53:40 AM

I've often wondered how much easier my life would be if I were an advanced cyborg with implants giving me a constant access to an all-pervasive wireless mesh network. Alas, cyberware sucks these days.

edited 29th Oct '14 10:53:55 AM by MaxwellDaring

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#40: Oct 29th 2014 at 10:59:46 AM

You'd just be full of spyware and viruses and GCHQ would listen to all your thoughts...

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Quag15 Since: Mar, 2012
#41: Oct 29th 2014 at 11:06:44 AM

[up]This. I thought about the possiblity as well.

sabrina_diamond iSanity! from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
#42: Nov 5th 2014 at 4:43:13 AM

I want a nanobot so that it can enact a "Fantastic Voyage" Plot into my own body (and record all the data from the epic voyage) as it explores my own organs...

edited 5th Nov '14 4:44:32 AM by sabrina_diamond

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TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
MABfan11 from Remnant Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#44: Nov 21st 2014 at 10:24:42 AM

i want a jaeger or 3D Maneuver gear...or a jaeger with a jaegergrin

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BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
Hey there! Having fun?
#45: Nov 21st 2014 at 11:17:17 AM

I've had one, actually, many years ago. I wanted a device that could get me any TV show I wanted to watch whenever or wherever. I was so disappointed that Nickelodeon's VideoNow wasn't one and was just an extremely barebones "dvd" player.

I didn't expect to actually get it later on.

edited 21st Nov '14 11:19:02 AM by BaffleBlend

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
MABfan11 from Remnant Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#46: Jan 29th 2015 at 10:30:28 AM

i still want a Whizzing Arrow 3grincool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnUEj4Uor8

edited 29th Jan '15 10:31:59 AM by MABfan11

Bumbleby is best ship. busy spending time on r/RWBY and r/anime. Unapologetic Socialist
TheUnsquished Filthy casual from Southern Limey Land (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Married to the job
Filthy casual
#47: Jan 29th 2015 at 12:13:29 PM

I often wish I had some form of teleportation device that I could wear on my wrist. Go where-ever I wanted to, almost instantaneously.

Dying each time it was used would suck, though.

(Annoyed grunt)
RobotPrincess I'll forgive you. Would you forgive me, too? Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
I'll forgive you. Would you forgive me, too?
#48: Jan 29th 2015 at 1:02:28 PM

Every since I've played Mega Man X, I've wanted X's dash boots.

Why were you born in such a cruel, violent world?
Tre 82123 from the front to the back, that's where I was at (Unlucky Thirteen) Relationship Status: Singularity
82123
#49: Feb 4th 2015 at 10:03:57 PM

It's kinda funny, actually: I've been watching Chuck lately and the eponymous character owns a watch that he uses to keep in touch with his fellow secret agents via voice input.

Back when it originally started in '07 I probably wanted one of those a fair bit (or, even better, one of the watches from Spy Kids); surely enough, I got a Motorola Moto360 after all these years.

Not quite as future-tech as Spy Kids or Clockstoppers, but it's still cool as hell.

oh, that's why I need this binary mind //
Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#50: Feb 5th 2015 at 8:56:07 AM

Now that I've started to wrap my brain around emerging tech, I'm more like "I'll have my jet pack soon enough and THAT IS AWESOME".


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