future-tech

any technology that one sees being developed in the future

My favorite future-tech idea is the flying cars from 1950's movies.

by Tom Sartain December 17, 2003

Future Technologies

The broad portfolio of life-altering innovations on our horizon, from the plausible to the speculative. This encompasses viable fusion reactors, general artificial intelligence, effective gene editing therapies, advanced robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and megascale engineering. Unlike Singularity tech, future technologies have theoretical roadmaps and active research; they're the things we see coming but haven't quite mastered. They promise (or threaten) to reshape society, work, and what it means to be human within the next 50-100 years.

Example: "My grandpa's 'future technology' was the microwave oven. Mine is the neural lace that lets me stream knowledge directly to my brain, though right now I mostly use it to memorize pizza menus and win at trivia night." Future Technologies

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026