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Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow?

Posted by Zonk on from the because-we-invented-it-last-week dept.

museumpeace writes "In the NYTimes book review blog, David Itzkoff takes a look at a new book devoted to predicting which 'science fiction' technologies may really fly some day. The author is Michio Kaku, one of the inventors of string theory, so he bears a hearing. His picks include light sabers, invisibility and force fields." Which sci-fi tech do you think needs to get invented over the weekend?

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  1. Linkage. by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 5, Informative
    If anyone's interested in learning more about Dr. Kaku, here are some links to start with:
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