Last night I was driving my youngest son home from soccer practice and we got into a conversation about the advances in technology and what he might see in his life time. I thought about it a bit and figured out the since I was born I have seen the rise of many things that he takes for granted. Calculators, PCs, cell phones, broadcast TV, cable TV, satellite TV, Central AC, seat belts, air bags etc.
We discussed why the air car has flaws that will not make it feasible (when you stop you fall), cars that drive themselves, holovision, and other technologies seen in the movies. My questions are:
1. Do you think the rate of technology development is accelerating?
2. Does the slowing of space exploration reduce the development of new technologies?
3. How does ScFi media affect the technologies that are produced?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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