List of hypothetical technologies explained

Hypothetical technologies are technologies that do not exist yet, but that could exist in the future.[1] They are distinct from emerging technologies, which have achieved some developmental success. Emerging technologies as of 2018 include 3-D metal printing and artificial embryos.[2] Many hypothetical technologies have been the subject of science fiction.

The criteria for this list are that the technology:

  1. Must not exist yet
  2. If the technology does not have an existing article (i.e. it is "redlinked"), a reference must be provided for it

Biology

Engineering and manufacturing

Computing and robotics

Megastructures

Nanotechnology

Transport

Minds and psychology

Physics

Space

See also

Notes and References

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  2. News: You'll want to keep an eye on these 10 breakthrough technologies this year. MIT Technology Review. 2018-05-17. en. 2018-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516162904/https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2018/. live.
  3. News: On the horizon: An acne vaccine . Unknown . August 29, 2018 . sciencedaily.com . 2019-09-11 . en . 2019-12-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219053736/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180829115522.htm . live .
  4. News: "Anti-Evolution Drugs" Could Offer New Strategy against Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis. unknown. November 19, 2018. genengnews.com. 2019-04-29. en. 2019-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20190111044408/https://www.genengnews.com/news/anti-evolution-drugs-could-offer-new-strategy-against-antimicrobial-resistance-crisis/. live.
  5. News: Artificial gametes: new paths to parenthood?. AJ Newson. January 1, 2005. jme.bmj.com. 2019-07-13. en. 2019-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024940/https://jme.bmj.com/content/31/3/184. live.
  6. News: Artificial Mitochondria Transfer: Current Challenges, Advances, and Future Applications . Andrés Caicedo . July 2, 2017 . hindawi.com . 2019-10-09 . en . 2019-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010030958/https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sci/2017/7610414/ . live .
  7. Synthetic epigenetics—towards intelligent control of epigenetic states and cell identity . Tomasz P Jurkowski . March 4, 2015 . Clinical Epigenetics. 7 . 1 . 18 . en. 4347971 . 10.1186/s13148-015-0044-x . 25741388 . free .
  8. News: Universal antidote for snakebite: Experimental trial represents promising step toward . Unknown . May 28, 2014 . sciencedaily.com . 2019-09-11 . en . 2014-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707065805/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140528105256.htm . live .
  9. News: Zero-energy Bio Refrigerator cools your food with future gel . Yuriy Dmitriev . December 7, 2015 . inhabitat.com . 2019-11-07 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053302/https://inhabitat.com/zero-energy-bio-refrigerator-cools-your-food-with-future-gel/ . live .
  10. News: Can crab shells and trees replace plastics? . Natalie Parletta . July 26, 2018 . cosmosmagazine . 2019-10-15 . en . 2019-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016022024/https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/can-crab-shells-and-trees-replace-plastics . live .
  11. News: Electronics and telecommunications in Poland, issues and perspectives Part II: Science, Research, Development, Higher Education . Ryszard Romaniuk . June 1, 2010 . researchgate.net . 2019-09-24 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053304/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234054011 . live .
  12. News: Homeland Security Orders Modern Version of Jules Verne's Leyden Ball . Bill Christensen . August 19, 2005 . livescience.com . 2019-10-15 . en . 2019-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016022024/https://www.livescience.com/395-homeland-security-orders-modern-version-jules-verne-leyden-ball.html . live .
  13. News: The Vertical Zoo: A wild greenery-wrapped tower that provides refuge for animalia. BuBa Arquitectos. February 15, 2015. inhabitat.com. 2019-11-07. en. 2022-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053304/https://inhabitat.com/the-vertical-zoo-a-wild-greenery-wrapped-tower-that-provides-refuge-for-animalia/. live.
  14. News: Nanorobots: Future in dentistry . Neetha J. Shetty . 25. 2. 49–52. January 17, 2013 . ncbi.nlm.nih.go . en. 3723292. 23960556. 10.1016/j.sdentj.2012.12.002.
  15. News: S-money: Ultra-secure form of virtual money proposed . Cambridge University . May 7, 2019 . phys.org . 2019-09-24 . en . 2019-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714111304/https://phys.org/news/2019-05-s-money-ultra-secure-virtual-money.html . live .
  16. News: Vertical Cities: Can Mega-Skyscrapers Solve Urban Population Overload? . Kayla Matthews . December 2, 2018 . planetizen.com . 2019-03-05 . en . 2019-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123162437/https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/101788-vertical-cities-can-mega-skyscrapers-solve-urban-population-overload . live .
  17. News: Nanomatrix Skyscraper . Shahar Polachek . September 22, 2017 . evolo.us . 2019-10-09 . en . 2019-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191010031546/http://www.evolo.us/nanomatrix-skyscraper/ . live .
  18. News: Zettascale by 2035? China Thinks So . Tiffany Trader . December 6, 2018 . hpcwire.com . 2019-10-15 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053304/https://www.hpcwire.com/2018/12/06/zettascale-by-2035/ . live .
  19. News: Human Brain/Cloud Interface . 13. 112. Frontiers in Neurosci . March 29, 2019 . ncbi.nlm.nih.gov . en. 30983948. 6450227. 10.3389/fnins.2019.00112. free.
  20. News: Could We One Day Learn A Language By Popping A Pill? . Sara Gates . July 10, 2014 . huffpost.com . 2019-05-25 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053304/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/learn-language-pill-drugs-video_n_5574748?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALZnwyNzhdopLHPOfQl3NFAZCvQsNmgtgbNQu-90jO0cb5zAFVETVjW3AZ04KX0gI974naXjA1N8AZkrE3RXwzFyr801T9te20kGmKb2vLclKIS--m_6s0CIGB88n--0rDfpX6dssrRqWvykQnNlqbFM0kIpLGsS62wEKUX1WzZp . live .
  21. News: Memory Editing Technology Will Give Us Perfect Recall and Let Us Alter Memories at Will . Rachel Riederer . February 20, 2017 . vice.com . 2019-09-24 . en . 2019-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924070806/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5355ed/memory-editing-technology-will-give-us-perfect-recall-and-let-us-alter-memories-at-will-v24n1 . live .
  22. Superintelligence: a space odyssey . Max Tegmark . August 29, 2017 . Financial Times . 2019-07-09 . en . 2019-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190710011046/https://www.ft.com/content/31176c28-8bea-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93 . live .
  23. News: US military pioneers death ray bomb . David Adam . August 14, 2003 . The Guardian . 2019-05-22 . en . 2019-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123114324/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/14/usa.davidadam . live .
  24. Monopolium: the key to monopoles . The European Physical Journal C . L.N. Epele . June 3, 2008 . 56 . 1 . 87–95 . en. 10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0628-0 . hep-ph/0701133 . 2008EPJC...56...87E . 17443696 .
  25. Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: Military effectiveness and collateral effects . Andre Gsponer . February 2, 2008 . en. physics/0510071.
  26. News: The Promise of Plasmonics . Kristin Lewotsky . July 1, 2007 . spie.org . 2019-09-15 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053317/https://www.spie.org/news/spie-professional-magazine-archive/2007-july/the-promise-of-plasmonics?SSO=1 . live .
  27. News: Metamaterial 'Space-Time Cloak' Conceals Not Just Objects, But Entire Events . Clay Dillow . November 16, 2010 . Popsci.com . 2020-04-09 . en . 2020-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201216043641/https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/metamaterial-space-time-cloak-doesnt-just-conceal-objects-entire-events/ . live .
  28. News: Creating a Universe in the Lab? The Idea Is No Joke . Zeeya Merali . June 19, 2017 . blogs.discovermagazine.com . 2019-09-17 . en . 2019-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190920075434/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/06/19/build-a-universe-in-the-lab/ . live .
  29. News: The Challenge To Create The Space Drive . Marc G. Millis . July 16, 1996 . ntrs.nasa.gov . 2019-09-27 . en . 2019-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190928013615/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19990023236.pdf . live .
  30. News: Robert Zubrin has new propellantless space propulsion concept – Dipole Drive. Robert Zubrin. May 18, 2019. nextbigfuture.com. 2019-05-30. en. 2019-05-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531032301/https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/robert-zubrin-has-new-propellentless-space-propulsion-concept-dipole-drive.html. live.
  31. News: Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction . Jillian Scharr . June 26, 2013 . Space.com . 2019-04-01 . en . 2019-04-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402012950/https://www.space.com/21721-warp-drives-wormholes-ftl.html . live .
  32. The Halo Drive: fuel-free relativistic propulsion of large masses via recycled boomerang photons . David Kipping . March 11, 2019 . en. 1903.03423. gr-qc .
  33. News: Michio Kaku . March 15, 2011 . Doubleday. en.
  34. News: MIT's conceptualized Mars habitat makes use of 'native' silica on the alien planet . Dattatreya Mandal . October 19, 2015 . hexapolis.com . 2019-09-24 . en . 2019-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924053507/https://www.hexapolis.com/2015/10/19/mits-conceptualized-mars-habitat-makes-use-of-native-silica-on-the-alien-planet/ . live .
  35. News: The photonic railway . Young Bae . January 1, 2015 . researchgate.net . 2019-07-19 . en . 2022-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220613053305/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298090729_The_photonic_railway . live .
  36. News: Plasma bubble could protect astronauts on Mars trip . July 17, 2006 . newscientist.com . 2019-10-10 . en . 2019-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191011034630/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9567-plasma-bubble-could-protect-astronauts-on-mars-trip/ . live .
  37. News: Transiting Quasites as a Possible Technosignature . David Kipping . July 10, 2019 . iopscience.iop.org . 3 . 7 . 91 . en. 10.3847/2515-5172/ab2fdb . free .
  38. News: Water-Powered Spaceship Could Make Mars Trip on the Cheap . Mike Wall . March 25, 2011 . Space.com . 2019-10-15 . en . 2019-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191016022025/https://www.space.com/11230-water-powered-spaceship-mars-solar-system.html . live .
  39. The "Terrascope": On the Possibility of Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens . David Kipping . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . August 1, 2019 . 131 . 1005 . 114503 . 10.1088/1538-3873/ab33c0 . 1908.00490 . 2019PASP..131k4503K . 199064594 .
  40. News: Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Propulsion for Fast Interplanetary Missions by Friedwardt Winterberg . Brian Wang . March 19, 2013 . nextbigfuture.com . 2019-09-24 . en . 2019-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190925040508/https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/thermonuclear-micro-bomb-propulsion-for.html . live .

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