It will be very nice to have a comprehensive list of possible so called "disruptive inventions" or "closing inventions" i.e. such inventions that destroys industries and can do a lot of harm to corporations or states.
as kickstart, order means nothing:
- antigravity
- neutrino beam communications
- force shield
- electricity accumulator with decent power density (orders of magnitude larger than current lithium crap) and reliability
- FTL travel
- high-efficiency fuel powered electricity generator without moving parts
- atomic level 3D printer/copier
- inertial mass control
- simple consumer-grade fuel converter (organic compounds to gas/diesel)
- plants growth speed accelerator
- useable way of making building materials (blocks/bricks) from any soil. ....
Please continue.
I love this list and would like to add that the most disruptive inventions typically come from something nobody even considered.
Like that a body cannot be nothing (no-body); that together (con) contradicts apart (side) or to be odd (choice) within even (balance)?
True. :)
But what if it is just because nobody tried to really consider?
I think sometimes people believe their idea is so simple that someone else is already working on it so they don't try. Isn't that what happened to Kari Mullis? But he tried and made the PCR
Meanwhile PCR could theoretically be kind of ancestor of molecular 3D printers/copiers. Encode necesary protein in short DNA, replicate as many as necessary with PCR, transcribe DNAs to RNAs, feed RNAs to ribosomes, get needed protein in quantities. Pretty logical start for developing real and normal, well established genetic technologies, starting from simpliest possible things - creating simple proteins with DNA "Hello world" programs. Only when this process will be perfected and fully studied, it will be time for the next steps.
Unfortunately, it was used in completely wrong way by greedy bastards. And same bastards play with living beings genetics without any understanding how it works and any prior learning curve.