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[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Energy storage. We could already produce all the power we need and more using solar power, the problem is that we can't store it in an efficient energy dense form. The word efficient there is doing some heavy lifting. It needs be comparable or better than our methods today in terms of cost, safety, energy density, climate impact. If we could solve energy storage, it'd change society and technology dramatically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

@skarn @biofaust @asklemmy AI is so stupid to invest in atm

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Nuclear Fusion.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just fund all the open source projects. Like, all of them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's amazing the amount of ressources that are spent on creating an environment/platform that locks users in.

Like, shit, if we spent like 10% on that efforts into open source stuff we'd be living in a utopia right now or something.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago

Atmospheric carbon sequestration

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I'm not sure what technology I would choose, but surely it would be related to the climate change.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Fusion power or cures for diseases.

Fusion power, should it work, would solve a lot of problems. Environmentally, in particular, but if we could get a decent distribution of reactors around the planet we’d alleviate food problems, water problems, and a whole bunch of suffering of one kind or another. Cheap power would help a lot.

Otherwise, anything to help cure diseases. Genetic, auto-immune, cancers, misfortune, whatever. Alleviate more suffering, let people live and work again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I want a machine that works me out while I sleep. I'm talking full body ripped (to my desired levels) all while I get my sleep for the night.

Just electrically stimulate my muscles constantly while keeping me in a deep sleep for 8 hours straight please.

I wanna wake up every morning feeling like I just left the gym after a solid full body work out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

You can get electric muscle zappers already. Just add ketamine for the z's and you're good!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Get the plastic out of living organisms for fuck's sake

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Easily the education system at least here in America cuz it's dog shit. I honestly think there should be another year for high school just one more because kids are coming out of school completely unprepared for anything and I don't just mean common sense I mean jobs entry level jobs kids can't do because school didn't teach them the basics

Edit: I sat down now so I want to elaborate.

I really think schools should focus more on life skills cooking, home improvement, changing your tire and brakes. Everyday stuff you'll run into but a lot of people don't know how to do. Just doing it once or twice gives people the confidence that they can do it and can maybe do more. That's my two cents, that I don't have

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Reverse osmosis and water filtration technology solutions

UPDATE: Also, why not focus on stopping money going towards cryptocurrency instead of AI. Sure, AI is not the greatest for some, but cryto is a scam every day of the week

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Collective human intelligence augmentation = Computer-aided collaboration = Crowd thinking.
https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Cheap powerful graphics cards for all

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

room temp superconductors

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Android catgirl maid robots

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Moshi moshi, AI techbros? Yes, I found the next big thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can't decide if it should be penis enlargement or the cure for baldness... 🤔 ^/s^

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

There are bald porn stars for a reason

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

OP said only one. 😔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or in other words "Male enhancement" research

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I guess, although cure for baldness would also be directly beneficial for women as well

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Clean nuclear energy

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I would say "High Temperatur Superconductor". If they can be made cheaply, they solve our Energy Problems in almost every way. Turbines will become more effective, Transport of Energy cheap and lossless and storage crazy effective. They will also revolitionize meassurement of magnetic fields witch will have a huge impact on medicin and other fields.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wow, that must be the best answer yet, at least from my ignorant point of view about the feasibility. I am extremely fascinated by material science. Are there any promising lines of research for this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Every now and then we get a paper claiming that they found a HTSC. It always is a big deal because they are considered the holy grail of solid state physics. Later we find that it's a mistake.

We are pretty good though. Records are in the area of −135 °C (138K, -211°F) but the phenomenon was thought to be at a few Kelvin max in the last century.

The big BUT is that it's science. Meaning that it is not granted that such a material (superconducting at ambient temperature and pressure) even exists

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

So the keyword to monitor is "HTSC", got it. I heard Sabine Hossenfelder comment a few papers, but I have no idea about the full body of research.

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

Finding new and unique ways to make parabolic mirrors more efficiently and inexpensively

Imagine being into generative AI when the moon is literally red as I type this. You could be looking at the Orion Nebula right now instead of staring at a screen playing charades with a soulless marionette dancing under the hands of billionaires who you're giving a direct line straight into your brain, bypassing all critical thought

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago

In everything that has a realistic chance to stop or reverse climate change

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