Originally posted by cmaracing
Major discovery
Is it me or has there been some sort of leveling off when it comes to technology and archeology
No offense, but I think its just you, when it comes to technology that is. Archeology however, has leveled off due to the fact that the sites of the
most interest are located in parts of the world that are extremely unstable. I would love to go on a dig at the site of ancient Babylon.
In other words there has been no major development in the field of technology the car is still the same the computer is still the same and on and on,
Huh? The car has been constantly evolving for over a Century. The next big step in that area is EV, Hybrid vehicles and Autonomous driving. Google up
the Tesla Roadster and DARPA's Grand Challenge III.
As for computers, that technology is progressing faster then any technology we've developed in the history of mankind!?!
10 Years ago I had a Pentium MMX 233 MHz processor with 128 MB of Ram with no Video Acceleration.
5 Years ago I had a P4 1.2 GHz rig with 512 of RDRAM, with a Geforce 3 which had 64 MB of VRam.
Now I have an AMD64 2.2 GHz rig with 4 Gigs of DDR2 ram, with an two 7900 SLI video cards which each have 256 MB of GDDR2 VRam and a dedicated PhysX
Accelerator card.
The future is looking bright. I plan on buying non-volatile Ram as soon as its available(ram that doesn't lose data when the power is switch off) and
a Flash hard drive that will allow instant boot times.
In the future there is the possibility of even more powerfull and efficient chips based on a variety of possible techniques like: Spintronics,
Optronics, and Quantum Chips. 3d visor monitors are available now that give you the illusion of looking at a 40" screen from 10' away.
How is that stagnant?
Where are the city’s on the moon where are the flying cars and I love to have a nuclear car …
There are no cities on the moon because the Apallo program was a Public Relations excersize to say "we beat the ruskies to the moon." As for flying
cars, they already exists, they just don't exist in the numbers predicted. Google up Moller's Skycar for one attempt.
As for a Nuclear car, no you wouldn't want one.
Technological progress is actually accelerating in a near exponential rate. It's hard to see from the laypersons view, but the progress is all around
you. In the plastics you use and in the car you drive. Just because you don't see it happening doesn't mean it isn't happening.
If you want a better view, become an Engineer or a Scientist.
[edit on 5-10-2006 by sardion2000]
[edit on 5-10-2006 by sardion2000]