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List of Emerging Technologies
- andrewl 8y agoI didn't see one topic on this page that I wouldn't be happy reading about for an entire weekend, at least. The world is too interesting.
- wesammikhail 8y agofor some reason I felt the exact opposite about most things on the list :/
- TeMPOraL 8y agoIndeed. And maybe in the ultimate way of "grass is greener", any random item from this list is something I'd much more want to work on than the things I actually do.
- petarb 8y agoThere’s a lot of fascinating items on that list. Thanks for sharing
- simplify 8y agoMaterials science is one of the most fascinating and underrated fields. There's so much to discover with the elements on the periodic table, and so many applications from those discoveries.
- choeger 8y agoHonestly it looks like it needs to be split into distinct subfields given that lengthy list. Materials is going to be a major driver of innovation bin the 21st century alongside renewable energy.
- aboutruby 8y agoLooks like "original research" to me, quite interesting nonetheless.
- rhegart 8y agoBest link I’ve ever seen on HN. It’s getting late now, but pouring hours into this and I haven’t even come close to 10%. So many interesting fields and ideas. I’m excited for some more fun reading this week. Thanks!
- benj111 8y agoSo wikipedia will happily delete things based on notability and such. How is it that this has escaped the cull? It's not the type of thing I'd expect to find in wikipedia at all. To be clear, I don't have a problem with technology X being in Wikipedia. Indeed I expect there to be a page, and it would probably be my first port of call for finding out more. My problem is with an editorialised list of 'Emerging Technologies'.
- matt_kantor 8y agoI'm not sure if there's any official policy around this, but to me it seems that lists often get a less-stringent treatment than other article types on Wikipedia. Here's a sampling of some other interesting list articles: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_w... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ballooning_accidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ballooning_accidents - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_deities_by_cultural_sphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_deities_by_cultural_s... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_colors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_colors - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_bisexual_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_bisexual_people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_junctions_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_road_junctions_in_the_... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_websites - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_teams_nicknamed_Titans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_teams_nicknamed... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_buns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_buns - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolves - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brand_name_condiments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_brand_name_condiments And the all-time best: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists I, for one, am happy these exist, despite the editorialization, etc.
- benj111 8y agoMy prior comment did get a bit ranty. Personally I'm a Wikipedia maximalist, it should record everything. They seem to have decided on a different path, partly on notability grounds, partly on the basis that its done elsewhere. That's fine as far as it goes but be consistent. Lists make sense in a lot of contexts, lists of songs, albums, monarchs great. List of 'best' songs, 'greatest' monarchs, 'emerging' technologies, less so.
- AlkurahCepheus 8y agoFascinating! Only thing missing: An additional column for great Sci-Fi books that are inspired by the technology.
- slazaro 8y agoAlso, technologies that were first described in sci-fi books and then were developed (or had their feasibility studied) in the real world.