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Why Don't We Invent That Tomorrow?

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. Re:That's an easy one! by ptbarnett · · Score: 2, Troll

    It just means you can only travel through time in exact year increments so the earth is back where it was.

    Nice troll. But, for those that didn't realize it, don't forget about galactic rotation and expansion of the universe.