List Of Hypothetical Technologies

Short description: Technology that could exist in the future

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] Many hypothetical technologies have been the subject of science fiction.

The criteria for this list are that the technology:

Must not exist yet
If the technology does not have an existing article (i.e. it is "redlinked"), a reference must be provided for it

Biology

Acne vaccine^[3]
Anti-evolutionary drug^[4]
Antiprion drug
Artificial gametes^[5]
Artificial gill
Artificial "super" mitochondria^[6]
Caries vaccine
De-extinction
Dyson tree
Ethnic bioweapon
Female sperm
Flying syringe
Hair cloning
HIV vaccine
Humanzee
Life extension
Liquid breathing
Male egg
Nanochondrion
Nootropic
Prime editing
Respirocyte
Synthetic epigenetics^[7]
Universal flu vaccine
Universal snakebite antidote^[8]

Engineering and manufacturing

Biogel refrigerator^[9]
Chitin-cellulose composite^[10]
Diamond trees
Exoskeletal engine
Mezoelectronics^[11]
Microfactory
Piezer^[12]
Tectonic weapon
Vertical zoo^[13]
Wearable generator

Computing and robotics

Dentifrobot^[14]
Hypercomputer
Inferential programming
Plant-based digital data storage
Quantum memory
Quantum money
Robotoid
Roll-away computer
S-money^[15]
Universal memory

Megastructures

Cloud Nine (tensegrity sphere)
Globus Cassus
Seascraper
Shellworld
Vertical city^[16]

Nanotechnology

Bush robot
Claytronics
Grey goo
Mechanosynthesis
Molecular assembler
Nanocomputer
Nanomatrix skyscraper^[17]
Programmable matter
Santa Claus machine
Utility fog
Wet nanotechnology
Zettascale computing^[18]

Transport

Bering Strait crossing
ET3 Global Alliance
Flying submarine
Gravity train
Gravity-vacuum transit
Transatlantic tunnel
Vacuum airship
Water-fueled car

Minds and psychology

Artificial general intelligence
Brain in a vat
Brainwashing
Cortical modem
Digital immortality
Endoneurobot^[19]
Gliabot^[19]
Global brain
Infomorph
Intelligence amplification
Language-learning pill^[20]
Matrioshka brain
Memory editing^[21]
Mind uploading
Moral enhancement
Omega Point
Simulated reality
Sphalerizer^[22]
Superintelligence
Synaptobot^[19]
Technological singularity
Thought recording and reproduction device
Universal translator

Physics

Anti-gravity
Antimatter weapon
Artificial gravity
Brownian ratchet
Cloaking device
Cold fusion
Coleopter
Computronium
Electrogravitics
Faster than light communication
Femtotechnology
Fusion torch
Gamma-ray bomb^[23]
Gravitational shielding
Hafnium bomb
Inertia negation
Monopolium^[24]
Muon collider
Neutronium
Nuclear bullet^[25]
Nuclear clock
Nuclear lightbulb
Nuclear shaped charge
Organic nuclear reactor
Perpetual motion
Phased-array optics
Picotechnology
Plasmonster^[26]
Project Excalibur
Pure fusion weapon
Room-temperature superconductor
Space-time cloak^[27]
Tachyonic antitelephone
Teleforce
Teleporter
Time machine
Tipler cylinder
Torsion field (pseudoscience)
Tractor beam
Wet workshop

Space

Alderson disk
Alcubierre drive
Antimatter rocket
Artificial universe^[28]
Asteroid laser ablation
Beam powered propulsion
Bernal sphere
Bias drive^[29]
Bishop ring
Black hole starship
Bracewell probe
Bussard ramjet
Dean drive
Diametric drive^[29]
Dipole drive^[30]
Disjunction drive^[29]
Dyson sphere
Dyson–Harrop satellite
Enzmann starship
Field propulsion
Fission sail
Ford-Svaiter mirror^[31]
Fusion rocket
Gravity tractor
Halo drive^[32]
Information panspermia
Isotropic beacon
Krasnikov tube
Laser broom
Laser propulsion
Launch loop
Lightcraft
Lunarcrete
Lunar space elevator
MagBeam
Magnetic sail
McKendree cylinder
Momentum exchange tether
Nano electrokinetic thruster
Nanoship^[33]
Non-rocket spacelaunch
Nuclear pulse propulsion
Nuclear salt-water rocket
O'Neill cylinder
Orbital ring
Ouroboros habitat^[34]
Photon rocket
Photonic railway^[35]
Pitch drive^[29]
Plasma bubble^[36]
Quantum telescope
Quantum vacuum thruster
Quasite^[37]
Ringworld
Reactionless drive
RF resonant cavity thruster
Rocket sled launch
Rotating wheel space station
Self-replicating spacecraft
Skyhook
Solar thermal rocket
Soletta
Space coach^[38]
Space dock
Space elevator
Space fountain
Space gun
Space mirror
Space tether
Space tug
Spomified asteroid
Stanford torus
Starlifting
Starseed launcher
StarTram
Statite
Stellar engine
Sun scoop
Terrascope^[39]
Thermonuclear micro-bomb engine^[40]
Topopolis

References

↑ Andersen, David; Dawes, Sharon (1991). Government Information Management: A Primer and Casebook. Prentice Hall. pp. 125.
↑ "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/.
↑ Unknown (August 29, 2018). "On the horizon: An acne vaccine" (in en). sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180829115522.htm.
↑ 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/.
↑ AJ Newson (January 1, 2005). "Artificial gametes: new paths to parenthood?" (in en). jme.bmj.com. https://jme.bmj.com/content/31/3/184.
↑ Andrés Caicedo (July 2, 2017). "Artificial Mitochondria Transfer: Current Challenges, Advances, and Future Applications" (in en). hindawi.com. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sci/2017/7610414/.
↑ Tomasz P Jurkowski (March 4, 2015). "Synthetic epigenetics—towards intelligent control of epigenetic states and cell identity" (in en). Clinical Epigenetics 7 (1): 18. doi:10.1186/s13148-015-0044-x. PMID 25741388.
↑ Unknown (May 28, 2014). "Universal antidote for snakebite: Experimental trial represents promising step toward" (in en). sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140528105256.htm.
↑ Yuriy Dmitriev (December 7, 2015). "Zero-energy Bio Refrigerator cools your food with future gel" (in en). inhabitat.com. https://inhabitat.com/zero-energy-bio-refrigerator-cools-your-food-with-future-gel/.
↑ Natalie Parletta (July 26, 2018). "Can crab shells and trees replace plastics?" (in en). cosmosmagazine. https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/can-crab-shells-and-trees-replace-plastics.
↑ Ryszard Romaniuk (June 1, 2010). "Electronics and telecommunications in Poland, issues and perspectives Part II: Science, Research, Development, Higher Education" (in en). researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234054011.
↑ Bill Christensen (August 19, 2005). "Homeland Security Orders Modern Version of Jules Verne's Leyden Ball" (in en). livescience.com. https://www.livescience.com/395-homeland-security-orders-modern-version-jules-verne-leyden-ball.html.
↑ BuBa Arquitectos (February 15, 2015). "The Vertical Zoo: A wild greenery-wrapped tower that provides refuge for animalia" (in en). inhabitat.com. https://inhabitat.com/the-vertical-zoo-a-wild-greenery-wrapped-tower-that-provides-refuge-for-animalia/.
↑ Neetha J. Shetty (January 17, 2013). "Nanorobots: Future in dentistry" (in en). ncbi.nlm.nih.go 25 (2): pp. 49–52. doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2012.12.002. PMID 23960556.
↑ Cambridge University (May 7, 2019). "S-money: Ultra-secure form of virtual money proposed" (in en). phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-s-money-ultra-secure-virtual-money.html.
↑ Kayla Matthews (December 2, 2018). "Vertical Cities: Can Mega-Skyscrapers Solve Urban Population Overload?" (in en). planetizen.com. https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/101788-vertical-cities-can-mega-skyscrapers-solve-urban-population-overload.
↑ Shahar Polachek (September 22, 2017). "Nanomatrix Skyscraper" (in en). evolo.us. http://www.evolo.us/nanomatrix-skyscraper/.
↑ Tiffany Trader (December 6, 2018). "Zettascale by 2035? China Thinks So" (in en). hpcwire.com. https://www.hpcwire.com/2018/12/06/zettascale-by-2035/.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Frontiers in Neurosci (March 29, 2019). "Human Brain/Cloud Interface" (in en). ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 13: pp. 112. doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.00112. PMID 30983948.
↑ Sara Gates (July 10, 2014). "Could We One Day Learn A Language By Popping A Pill?" (in en). huffpost.com. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/learn-language-pill-drugs-video_n_5574748?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALZnwyNzhdopLHPOfQl3NFAZCvQsNmgtgbNQu-90jO0cb5zAFVETVjW3AZ04KX0gI974naXjA1N8AZkrE3RXwzFyr801T9te20kGmKb2vLclKIS--m_6s0CIGB88n--0rDfpX6dssrRqWvykQnNlqbFM0kIpLGsS62wEKUX1WzZp.
↑ Rachel Riederer (February 20, 2017). "Memory Editing Technology Will Give Us Perfect Recall and Let Us Alter Memories at Will" (in en). vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5355ed/memory-editing-technology-will-give-us-perfect-recall-and-let-us-alter-memories-at-will-v24n1.
↑ Max Tegmark (August 29, 2017). "Superintelligence: a space odyssey" (in en). Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/31176c28-8bea-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
↑ David Adam (August 14, 2003). "US military pioneers death ray bomb" (in en). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/14/usa.davidadam.
↑ L.N. Epele (June 3, 2008). "Monopolium: the key to monopoles" (in en). The European Physical Journal C 56 (1): 87–95. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0628-0. Bibcode: 2008EPJC...56...87E.
↑ Andre Gsponer (February 2, 2008). "Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: Military effectiveness and collateral effects". arXiv:physics/0510071.
↑ Kristin Lewotsky (July 1, 2007). "The Promise of Plasmonics" (in en). spie.org. http://www.spie.org/news/spie-professional-magazine/2007-july/the-promise-of-plasmonics?SSO=1.
↑ Clay Dillow (November 16, 2010). "Metamaterial 'Space-Time Cloak' Conceals Not Just Objects, But Entire Events" (in en). Popsci.com. https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/metamaterial-space-time-cloak-doesnt-just-conceal-objects-entire-events/.
↑ Zeeya Merali (June 19, 2017). "Creating a Universe in the Lab? The Idea Is No Joke" (in en). blogs.discovermagazine.com. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/06/19/build-a-universe-in-the-lab/.
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 ^29.2 ^29.3 Marc G. Millis (July 16, 1996). "The Challenge To Create The Space Drive" (in en). ntrs.nasa.gov. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19990023236.pdf.
↑ Robert Zubrin (May 18, 2019). "Robert Zubrin has new propellantless space propulsion concept – Dipole Drive" (in en). nextbigfuture.com. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/robert-zubrin-has-new-propellentless-space-propulsion-concept-dipole-drive.html.
↑ Jillian Scharr (June 26, 2013). "Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/21721-warp-drives-wormholes-ftl.html.
↑ David Kipping (March 11, 2019). "The Halo Drive: fuel-free relativistic propulsion of large masses via recycled boomerang photons". arXiv:1903.03423 [gr-qc].
↑ Michio Kaku (March 15, 2011). "Physics of the Future" (in en). Doubleday.
↑ Dattatreya Mandal (October 19, 2015). "MIT's conceptualized Mars habitat makes use of 'native' silica on the alien planet" (in en). hexapolis.com. https://www.hexapolis.com/2015/10/19/mits-conceptualized-mars-habitat-makes-use-of-native-silica-on-the-alien-planet/.
↑ Young Bae (January 1, 2015). "The photonic railway" (in en). researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298090729.
↑ "Plasma bubble could protect astronauts on Mars trip" (in en). newscientist.com. July 17, 2006. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9567-plasma-bubble-could-protect-astronauts-on-mars-trip/.
↑ David Kipping (July 10, 2019). "Transiting Quasites as a Possible Technosignature" (in en). iopscience.iop.org 3 (7): p. 91. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab2fdb.
↑ Mike Wall (March 25, 2011). "Water-Powered Spaceship Could Make Mars Trip on the Cheap" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/11230-water-powered-spaceship-mars-solar-system.html.
↑ David Kipping (August 1, 2019). "The "Terrascope": On the Possibility of Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 131 (1005): 114503. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab33c0. Bibcode: 2019PASP..131k4503K.
↑ Brian Wang (March 19, 2013). "Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Propulsion for Fast Interplanetary Missions by Friedwardt Winterberg" (in en). nextbigfuture.com. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/thermonuclear-micro-bomb-propulsion-for.html.

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[1] Andersen, David; Dawes, Sharon (1991). Government Information Management: A Primer and Casebook. Prentice Hall. pp. 125.

[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/.

[5] AJ Newson (January 1, 2005). "Artificial gametes: new paths to parenthood?" (in en). jme.bmj.com. https://jme.bmj.com/content/31/3/184.

[6] Andrés Caicedo (July 2, 2017). "Artificial Mitochondria Transfer: Current Challenges, Advances, and Future Applications" (in en). hindawi.com. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/sci/2017/7610414/.

[7] Tomasz P Jurkowski (March 4, 2015). "Synthetic epigenetics—towards intelligent control of epigenetic states and cell identity" (in en). Clinical Epigenetics 7 (1): 18. doi:10.1186/s13148-015-0044-x. PMID 25741388.

[8] Unknown (May 28, 2014). "Universal antidote for snakebite: Experimental trial represents promising step toward" (in en). sciencedaily.com. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140528105256.htm.

[9] Yuriy Dmitriev (December 7, 2015). "Zero-energy Bio Refrigerator cools your food with future gel" (in en). inhabitat.com. https://inhabitat.com/zero-energy-bio-refrigerator-cools-your-food-with-future-gel/.

[10] Natalie Parletta (July 26, 2018). "Can crab shells and trees replace plastics?" (in en). cosmosmagazine. https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/can-crab-shells-and-trees-replace-plastics.

[11] Ryszard Romaniuk (June 1, 2010). "Electronics and telecommunications in Poland, issues and perspectives Part II: Science, Research, Development, Higher Education" (in en). researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234054011.

[12] Bill Christensen (August 19, 2005). "Homeland Security Orders Modern Version of Jules Verne's Leyden Ball" (in en). livescience.com. https://www.livescience.com/395-homeland-security-orders-modern-version-jules-verne-leyden-ball.html.

[13] BuBa Arquitectos (February 15, 2015). "The Vertical Zoo: A wild greenery-wrapped tower that provides refuge for animalia" (in en). inhabitat.com. https://inhabitat.com/the-vertical-zoo-a-wild-greenery-wrapped-tower-that-provides-refuge-for-animalia/.

[14] Neetha J. Shetty (January 17, 2013). "Nanorobots: Future in dentistry" (in en). ncbi.nlm.nih.go 25 (2): pp. 49–52. doi:10.1016/j.sdentj.2012.12.002. PMID 23960556.

[15] Cambridge University (May 7, 2019). "S-money: Ultra-secure form of virtual money proposed" (in en). phys.org. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-s-money-ultra-secure-virtual-money.html.

[16] Kayla Matthews (December 2, 2018). "Vertical Cities: Can Mega-Skyscrapers Solve Urban Population Overload?" (in en). planetizen.com. https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/101788-vertical-cities-can-mega-skyscrapers-solve-urban-population-overload.

[17] Shahar Polachek (September 22, 2017). "Nanomatrix Skyscraper" (in en). evolo.us. http://www.evolo.us/nanomatrix-skyscraper/.

[18] Tiffany Trader (December 6, 2018). "Zettascale by 2035? China Thinks So" (in en). hpcwire.com. https://www.hpcwire.com/2018/12/06/zettascale-by-2035/.

[auto1-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 Frontiers in Neurosci (March 29, 2019). "Human Brain/Cloud Interface" (in en). ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 13: pp. 112. doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.00112. PMID 30983948.

[20] Sara Gates (July 10, 2014). "Could We One Day Learn A Language By Popping A Pill?" (in en). huffpost.com. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/learn-language-pill-drugs-video_n_5574748?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALZnwyNzhdopLHPOfQl3NFAZCvQsNmgtgbNQu-90jO0cb5zAFVETVjW3AZ04KX0gI974naXjA1N8AZkrE3RXwzFyr801T9te20kGmKb2vLclKIS--m_6s0CIGB88n--0rDfpX6dssrRqWvykQnNlqbFM0kIpLGsS62wEKUX1WzZp.

[21] Rachel Riederer (February 20, 2017). "Memory Editing Technology Will Give Us Perfect Recall and Let Us Alter Memories at Will" (in en). vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/5355ed/memory-editing-technology-will-give-us-perfect-recall-and-let-us-alter-memories-at-will-v24n1.

[22] Max Tegmark (August 29, 2017). "Superintelligence: a space odyssey" (in en). Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/31176c28-8bea-11e7-9084-d0c17942ba93. Retrieved 2019-07-09.

[23] David Adam (August 14, 2003). "US military pioneers death ray bomb" (in en). The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/14/usa.davidadam.

[24] L.N. Epele (June 3, 2008). "Monopolium: the key to monopoles" (in en). The European Physical Journal C 56 (1): 87–95. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-008-0628-0. Bibcode: 2008EPJC...56...87E.

[25] Andre Gsponer (February 2, 2008). "Fourth Generation Nuclear Weapons: Military effectiveness and collateral effects". arXiv:physics/0510071.

[26] Kristin Lewotsky (July 1, 2007). "The Promise of Plasmonics" (in en). spie.org. http://www.spie.org/news/spie-professional-magazine/2007-july/the-promise-of-plasmonics?SSO=1.

[27] Clay Dillow (November 16, 2010). "Metamaterial 'Space-Time Cloak' Conceals Not Just Objects, But Entire Events" (in en). Popsci.com. https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/metamaterial-space-time-cloak-doesnt-just-conceal-objects-entire-events/.

[28] Zeeya Merali (June 19, 2017). "Creating a Universe in the Lab? The Idea Is No Joke" (in en). blogs.discovermagazine.com. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2017/06/19/build-a-universe-in-the-lab/.

[auto-29] 29.0 ^29.1 ^29.2 ^29.3 Marc G. Millis (July 16, 1996). "The Challenge To Create The Space Drive" (in en). ntrs.nasa.gov. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19990023236.pdf.

[30] Robert Zubrin (May 18, 2019). "Robert Zubrin has new propellantless space propulsion concept – Dipole Drive" (in en). nextbigfuture.com. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/robert-zubrin-has-new-propellentless-space-propulsion-concept-dipole-drive.html.

[31] Jillian Scharr (June 26, 2013). "Why Warp Drives Aren't Just Science Fiction" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/21721-warp-drives-wormholes-ftl.html.

[32] David Kipping (March 11, 2019). "The Halo Drive: fuel-free relativistic propulsion of large masses via recycled boomerang photons". arXiv:1903.03423 [gr-qc].

[33] Michio Kaku (March 15, 2011). "Physics of the Future" (in en). Doubleday.

[34] Dattatreya Mandal (October 19, 2015). "MIT's conceptualized Mars habitat makes use of 'native' silica on the alien planet" (in en). hexapolis.com. https://www.hexapolis.com/2015/10/19/mits-conceptualized-mars-habitat-makes-use-of-native-silica-on-the-alien-planet/.

[35] Young Bae (January 1, 2015). "The photonic railway" (in en). researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/298090729.

[36] "Plasma bubble could protect astronauts on Mars trip" (in en). newscientist.com. July 17, 2006. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9567-plasma-bubble-could-protect-astronauts-on-mars-trip/.

[37] David Kipping (July 10, 2019). "Transiting Quasites as a Possible Technosignature" (in en). iopscience.iop.org 3 (7): p. 91. doi:10.3847/2515-5172/ab2fdb.

[38] Mike Wall (March 25, 2011). "Water-Powered Spaceship Could Make Mars Trip on the Cheap" (in en). Space.com. https://www.space.com/11230-water-powered-spaceship-mars-solar-system.html.

[39] David Kipping (August 1, 2019). "The "Terrascope": On the Possibility of Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 131 (1005): 114503. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab33c0. Bibcode: 2019PASP..131k4503K.

[40] Brian Wang (March 19, 2013). "Thermonuclear Micro-Bomb Propulsion for Fast Interplanetary Missions by Friedwardt Winterberg" (in en). nextbigfuture.com. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2013/03/thermonuclear-micro-bomb-propulsion-for.html.