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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory?

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What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

I am talking about gadgets we see in science fiction movies that obey the laws of physics of our universe and could theoretically be constructed, barring the limitations of materials, energy and time faced by our civilization at the moment.

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Few decades ago Marvin the Paranoid Android (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) has already been constructed by my human-like parents and is reporting this utmost depressive fact here.
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  This thread is such a boooooore.

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