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In my weird layman predictions of the future, I feel like the "material age" is going to be our next new horizon, along with genetics. Graphene, memristors, st
by randito 4y ago
In my weird layman predictions of the future, I feel like the "material age" is going to be our next new horizon, along with genetics.
Graphene, memristors, strange ceramics, transparent aluminum, aerogel, etc. Lots of interesting things that look and act like magic.
- trevortheblack 4y agoAre you saying that the next age will be defined by new materials? Or will just be more broadly considered an age of new materials? Because, almost without exception, the former describes all human ages
- randito 4y agoGreat question, and great observation, too. It's hard to say. The pace of change is happening so fast, it's hard to predict. Disclaimer: Massive hand-waving here But, I think these exotic materials will be stepping stones to other things. I don't think we can get next-gen AI until we can build skeumorphic neural chips with memristor-type arrays with massive densities. You can't get to nano-tech until you can predicatively arrange atoms. And once you can do that, you can only other exotic materials. High temperature (or room temperature) super conductors will allow massive magnetic fields for common applications -- not just high-end MRI's that require cooling. Graphene is so weird it can pretty much do anything. I think the under-pinning for all these advances is material science. For me, it will be tech that looks like magic.