Hey, do you guys think the technology from Minority Report is possible? Here's a blurb: The year is 2054, and Precrime, a psychic technology that enables "previsualization," makes it possible to identify and punish killers before they strike. Precrime advocates promise a zero U.S. murder rate within six years. Yay, or nay?
Terribly sorry, here's the rest: The Facts: TOM'S TECHNOLOGY REALISTIC Solar panel roof. Solar panels have been used to power A/C in hot, parked cars. Speed-sensitive ride-height adjustment on wheels, plus adaptive springing and damping. Similar technologies employed by BMW, Cadillac, and Mercedes today. Satellite-based navigation and guidance. Widely available now. Rear view via closed-circuit TV. Already available in the Infiniti Q45. Personal computer with Internet link, customized music, news, stock quotes. OnStar system will soon offer most of these features. POSSIBLE Carbon-fiber-reinforced composite body repairs itself after damage. Self-healing composites are in development. Repair job probably won't look like Earl Scheib's best work anytime soon, however. Fuel cell drives a 670-hp electric motor. Plausible, though breakthroughs in fuel cell or hydrogen storage are required. 670 hp beats that of an Indy car. Laser-guided cruising. A precursor has been studied in California: Magnetic pins embedded in the road enable cars to cruise at highway speeds while driver writes film script. Infrared system intervenes to prevent collisions with fixed or moving objects. Certainly possible, but likely a decade away. Automatic valet system parks vehicle and returns it to owner via remote command. Conceivable. Would hacking yield an automatic theft system? Controls responsive to voice and gestures. Jaguar and others offer voice recognition. But gestures? Don't give a driver the bird. PURE HOLLYWOOD Body color changes to suit mood or attire. Distributing color within the composite is no problem; making it variable is not so simple; previsualizing a color to go with your mood and your clothes could be a nightmare. DNA recognition security system. Remember Gattaca? Mighty costly anytime soon. Solar panel roof.
On Temporal Paradoxes Heres the thing. If you arrest the future crimnal he can't commit the crime. If he can't commit the crime than whatever you use to detect the future crime won't detet it because will not happen. So therefoe if you arrest the criminal you prevent you initial detection so you can't catch him. So since you can't catch him he can commit the crime normally. So than you can detect it. So than you arrest the criminal... Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Wow Yeah, that is confusing! Kinda like going back in time, and doing whatever, then finding out that you were meant to do it, and that it'll be in a loop forever because you've gone back to do what you were supposed to do and arrived at the same instance in the future, and then gone back to do the same thing but you don't know because it's the first time you've done it and you have no memory of what you've done, and then came back to the same moment when you go back to the past...
Re: On Temporal Paradoxes Which brings to mind, one of the oldest & simplest questions. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
