Unsolved:List of hypothetical technologies

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Short description: Possible future technology


Hypothetical technologies are technologies that do not exist yet, but that could exist in the future.[1] They are distinct from emerging technologies, which have achieved some developmental success. Emerging technologies as of 2018 include 3-D metal printing and artificial embryos.[2][needs update] Many hypothetical technologies have been the subject of science fiction.

The criteria for this list are that the technology:

  1. Must not exist yet
  2. Is credibly proposed to exist in the future (e.g. no perpetual motion machines)
  3. If the technology does not have an existing article (i.e. it is "redlinked"), a reference must be provided for it

Biology

Engineering and manufacturing

Computing and robotics

Megastructures

Nanotechnology

Transport

Minds and psychology

Physics

Nuclear energy and weaponry

Space

See also

  • List of emerging technologies
  • List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction
  • List of fictional aircraft
  • List of fictional artificial intelligences
  • List of fictional cars
  • List of fictional cyborgs
  • List of fictional doomsday devices
  • List of fictional galactic communities
  • List of fictional robots and androids
    • List of fictional gynoids
  • List of fictional space stations
  • List of fictional spacecraft
  • List of fictional vehicles

References

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  2. ↑ "You'll want to keep an eye on these 10 breakthrough technologies this year" (in en). MIT Technology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2018/. 
  3. ↑ Unknown (August 29, 2018). "On the horizon: An acne vaccine" (in en). sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180829115522.htm. 
  4. ↑ unknown (November 19, 2018). ""Anti-Evolution Drugs" Could Offer New Strategy against Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis" (in en). genengnews.com. https://www.genengnews.com/news/anti-evolution-drugs-could-offer-new-strategy-against-antimicrobial-resistance-crisis/. 
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