Wireless power transfer/charging. The only thing even alluding to it being possible when I was growing up, was Nikola Tesla's work; and most people thought most of his ideas were bunk.
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Im surprised to see this pop up multiple times. If my device more or less is still plugged in with wireless chargers (as it can't really be "off" the pad) it's really not that impressive to me. Not to mention we've been pumping power through the air since the first radio.
If my device could charge anywhere within a certain radius (feet/meters), that would be impressive.
I sometimes wonder if tesla was successful in his expiements but realized how it could be quickly weaponized or has some other moral implications so that he destroyed all his research.
He's ideas were interesting.
But practically, he didn't have a method to transport power without wires.
Yes, running wires is difficult. But trying to transmit power is staggeringly inefficient.
Teleportation
It was proven on a micro scale by Jeff Kimble's team at CalTech (?) in the late 90s I think
I'm not sure quantum entanglement is indicative of teleportation but don't know much about it. Would be cool to learn more.
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I don't know if people were really talking much about this kinda stuff back then, but a PC like device that wasn't a laptop that allowed you to play full-on PC titles at home, either hooked to a TV or on its own, or on the move. Especially a device that also allows you to do normal computer things outside of playing games.
Again, not including laptop since I personally don't know any people who actually used their laptops for playing games while in a moving vehicle. There probably are plenty of people who did it or do it, but I don't know any.