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Giving it all away to mutual aid groups to have them figure out local issues.

[โ€“] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Hoverboards obviously.

[โ€“] ludrol@bookwormstory.social 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Catgirls

and space adapted humans

  • radiation resistance (I think charnobyl wolves have that already)
  • better eyeballs, digestive system and bones
  • propulsion system
  • vacum survivability
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[โ€“] rustydomino@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Combustible lemons. But failing that, a portal gun.

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[โ€“] HokaPsice@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's not really science fiction since there are scientists working on it right now, because capitalism is the brake of development. I would invest on photonic computer research, that would help advancement of society in all aspect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_computing

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[โ€“] Nemo@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Not so much technology, but I'd fund the Howard Society for real. For those unfamiliar, it's a program to identify people who are genetically predisposed to natural long life and pay them to have kids with each other; it's a core plot point in a bunch of Heinlein novels.

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