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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 months ago (1 children)

whatever it is, it will be behind a paywall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

That you can only bypass with a neural link chip

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Climate change is already happening. We'll have some gadgets to help cope with that.

Personal coolers already exist. They'll get more practical and more common.

Maybe there'll be commercially available filtered air systems that keep houses at positive pressure to deal with wildfire smoke.

[–] baldingpudenda 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Everything will be over insulated. We'll all where "parkas" with integrated water cooling for our 6 month summers when we go outside

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So like the Stillsuits in Dune?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I wish summer was only 6 months long here. Still 'winter' and we are pegged to get to 36 in a couple days, 34 for tomorrow... Wooooo

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Elder Scrolls V Ultra Special HD Epic Version

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[–] rtxn 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

X11. It will outlive humankind.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Something that has Ai that shouldn’t have Ai

[–] monkeyman512 12 points 3 months ago

I think you misread the question. It's "10 years from now" not "10 days from now". /Jk

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (5 children)

How about a smart toaster? It knows what kind of bread you feed it, toasts it just right and understands your feedback. This way, it will update a neural network that covers all types of bread it has ever seen and how you like them toasted.

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[–] paf0 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dirt cheap genetic sequencing and MRNA vaccines will be available to cure various types of cancer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wish. Genetic sequencing is already pretty cheap, but cancer is not some all-encompassing disease to be cured by it.

[–] paf0 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

There will be custom printed MRNA vaccines that target cancers based on sequencing that cancer's own DNA.

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[–] lennybird 19 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think we're past due for a major technological breakthrough in energy storage that 1) increases energy density, 2) decreases max charge/discharge time, and 3) is more sustainable than, say Lithium.

With how much R&D seems to be pouring into this right now, I have at least hope.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember hearing about the development of solid-state batteries a few years ago and I have been anxiously awaiting any news regarding the concept since.

[–] felixwhynot 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

There are battery banks using solid state that are shipping today!

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[–] Brkdncr 18 points 3 months ago (3 children)

It took about 10 years for the internet to go from academic curiosity to mainstream.

It took about 10 years from the first BlackBerry devices to iPhone/Android ubiquity.

I think VR and AI are at these points right now.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] brlemworld 17 points 3 months ago

Mass produced sodium ion batteries, even cheaper solar panels, scalable water desalination, military adoption of quantum entanglement communication, high speed rail in California, MacBooks with a touchscreen

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

More horrific algorithmically-controlled jobs.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Hopefully we’ll see AR become more common place and easily integrated with glasses. Imagine being at a gathering and you can look at someone and get their name, maybe their LinkedIn or other profile. Directions overlaid right in front of you for navigation. Going to a sports game and seeing player stats above the player. Things like that.

[–] LANIK2000 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a privacy nightmare honestly. Also a kind of black mirror like social point system.

Navigation is the only one that sounds neat, but also a bit brain rotting. I already don't know where I am half the time because of navigation.

I'd like more basic things, like a floating music player, sticky notes/todo list, notifications bar or video/text, when looking at a restaurant seeing the reviews and menu with order options, looking at a product and getting more info. Just stuff that I'd need to manually look up otherwise or things that would be infinitely better without being hunched over a handheld device.

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[–] SpaceNoodle 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Actual autonomous vehicles. It certainly won't be Tesla, and it won't have a steering wheel.

[–] Usernameblankface 5 points 3 months ago (10 children)

I think road signs will have embedded codes for self driving cars. Whether it's a local broadcast signal, a QR code, or just extra blocky letters for the computer to read easier, road signage and signals will be directed to the computer in the car, not to inform the human in the car.

[–] SpaceNoodle 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Maybe much farther out in the future when autonomous vehicles are the default. That's a lot of signage to rejigger for very little gain, while mapping and CV already handle that small part of driving quite well.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Actually efficient hardware and better batteries. I'm really interested in owning a laptop or mobile some day that can comfortably work for 20+ hours without being charged.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] toiletobserver 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's my sexbox and her name is Sony.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Paywalled parks and libraries.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Server side services. Think of things like office online, Google cloud, etc and just expand on it. We already see some with server side gaming. I think it'll be more commonplace in our day to day.

Internet enabled roads, highways. Likely won't be commonly adopted within 10 years but I could see service providers/car companies rolling it out.

I think we're also going to be seeing a lot of robots with new applications. Definitely military. But social and work ones as well.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Our civilization’s not as advanced as you think. OP’s asking for realistic tech, not sci fi speculation.

iPhone 24 tops

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Galaxy S34 Ultra too I guess.

[–] CheeseNoodle 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's a japanese company working on a kidney rejuvination drug for cats that's meant to come out next year (potential 10 year increase in average lifespan) so we'll almost certainly have that in 10 years which will be nice.

While I think our current brute force method attempt at AI is already hitting the limits of how 'smart' it can be I suspect over the next few years we'll develop far lighter models until your phone having a simulated personality is just a standard (hopefully optional) feature. They'll probably also have an online feature to cross reference their own answers with wikipedia or something.

Deaslination is likely to get significantly better by sheer neccesity.

I like to think we'll have higher frequency rectennas though probably not optical frequency ones.

[–] tan00k 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

rectennas

Don't like the sound of that

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[–] Rhynoplaz 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I think the "smart" home will become more common.

I don't mean that we'll see smart versions of new things, but more of the basic things, like Light fixtures, smoke alarms, doorbells etc. Consumers will buy less and less of the "dumb" things until EVERYTHING has WiFi built into it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (13 children)

I've worked in the home automation industry for over twenty five years. I've been programming "smart lighting" for over ten.

The "smart home" you see today is largely thanks to how cheaply things are made in china and repackaged by mega-corporations. And the consumers' desire to do everything from their phone (with 2 day shipping). Automated lighting control has existed for over forty years. It's been expensive because the parts are built to last for forty plus years and most of the older system were manufactured in the US. Those manufacturers are still mostly making things in the US but a lot of little bits are imported.

An average 2,500 sq ft home could do a whole automated lighting system for about five grand. That's a lot for someone to buy (and install) from Amazon but it's nothing if it's bundled into your mortgage.

Nothing beats a wire. For a small apartment with a few lighting circuits, sure, spend $500 on some wireless doodads. Now you're stuck relying on software updates and firmware updates by your router, your wireless bridge, your smart buttons, your lighting fixtures, your mobile OS, the lighting app, and maybe another app to combine everything, not to mention your "smart speaker" if you want to yelp your commands into the air. On the other hand, if you get everything from one manufacturer, it's built on an isolated network that grants access to your mobile device and the system is self contained and essentially bulletproof until the power goes out.

Lighting is a life safety segment. You won't pass inspection unless you can turn the lights on and off from a physical switch or button that doesn't rely on your home wifi.

It's up to electricians and builders and AV experts (and CEDIA) to convince future home owners that it's worth getting this stuff installed before the home is built rather than letting them decide to buy something prone to failure on their own.

I love smart lighting. I wish everyone would invest any amount of money into it. But, if I'm reading you right, a wifi lighting world is not something I would hope to see become more commonplace than the current path of wired automated lighting. I'm in agreement with you though. It's really sad when I walk into brand new homes that have no lighting control (or distributed audio) at all.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 5 points 3 months ago

Am electrician, 100% with you. Relying on apps and wifi for your home is NOT worth the money you save. It's straightforward enough for us to do the job properly, and you will be MUCH happier with the results. It will also improve resale value, which your rinky-dink wifi devices won't. Because they'll be obsolete.

This isn't me saying it to drum up work. We've got plenty of work. I ain't selling nothing here. Invest in an electrician for a few days and it will pay off.

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[–] Boozilla 6 points 3 months ago

No thanks. So-called smart devices = Internet of Shit.

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[–] Etterra 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Smart microwave ovens. Nobody will want them, but at least they'll run Doom.

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[–] maniii 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

In ten years time,

  1. Locally-sourced technology innovations.

  2. 3D-Printers in every village. ( Prints shirts, shoes, pants, socks, replacement parts )

  3. Plant-based Plastics ( seaweed and hemp/copra/palm )

  4. Total breakdown of Petro-chemicals ( Saudi, Iran, Indonesia, OPEC, Russia ) no more Petro-Global-economy

  5. CNG/LNG from Biomass and big farming takeover.

  6. Solar/Wind/Tidal Electricity generation technology maturations.

  7. Massive Trades-based Education and less PhD based international studies.

  8. Rapid Rebuild from MAJOR Disasters ( flooding, fires, tsunami, earthquake, volcano, hurricane, tornado, Cat-6 storms , etc )

  9. Any country heavily dependent on Import/Export with zero local production/productivity will go back to the StoneAge ( tough reality for small countries / city-states )

  10. Massive World-Wars everywhere. Massive Militarization ZERO Democracies surviving including USofA.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I think the satellite based cellular networks like ASTS is currently trying to launch will be ubiquitous.

The tech already seems good, so it'll happen much sooner than 34, but I imagine by that point it will just be one of those things everyone takes for granted.


I can also see small autonomous drones playing a much larger role with various tasks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I'm not really a fan of AI that doesn't need to have AI in it, but if you see how rapid it progresses, i would assume AI tools where everyone can make a whole movie by just adding prompts. Like make a batman movie, but i'm batman. It's probably not gonna be great but working. Photoshop skills is gonna be the new: you're not always gonna have a calculator in your pocket.

[–] brlemworld 7 points 3 months ago

You've heard of deep fakes he's? Now we got real fakes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Can't wait to help my senile boomer father with all of the things listed in this thread

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