What’s the one thing you wish was possible?

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This week we’re quoting Otto Plesner (Creative Director at RenaiXance )

What Plesner said:

“I wish I could make a show in space, and I think that the tech is not quite there yet. Someday perhaps we will get to experience an opera while we drift by stardust and nebulas, overlooking the vast infinity of the universe. Now wouldn't that be something.”?

He was answering our question…

Tech can do a lot of things in 2024 – including many things that were the stuff of dreams not very long ago. We can communicate in real-time from almost anywhere in the world; ask computers every question we can possibly imagine; and use intelligent technology to optimise our lives.?

But not everything is possible (yet).?

We asked Plesner if there’s one thing he wishes he could do with tech – and the show in space was his answer.?

Everyone has their own answer to this question?

We posed the same question to visionary human rights activist Carine de Meyere (President and Founder at Women of the World) – who we also interviewed for the LEAP blog last year, by the way.?

She said:?

“I wish technology would augment humanity’s interactions and not replace them! We are all humans who can use technology as a catalyst for change, however we should not see it as a replacement.”?

And then Mohammed Alzubi (Founder and Managing Partner at Nama Ventures) said, “Being a huge sci-fi fan, I’d have to say that on top of my list would be teleportation.”?

When we asked Amy Peck (CEO at EndeavourXR), she said “I love this question!”.?

“We already have elements of these technologies, and they are advancing rapidly,” she added, before listing the tech she wants to see in existence:

• Brain-Computer Interfaces – “BCI will not only make us smarter, and elevate our skills, but will also become an input device, allowing us to control devices with our minds.”
• 3D Bioprinting – “Mixing bio-inks with living cells to construct natural tissue-like three-dimensional structures for use in drug development and eventually humans. This runs alongside stem-cell and gene-editing approaches.”
• Sentient Androids – “Human-like robots that can help with daily tasks, offer advice and combat loneliness by being a true empathetic companion. While the ‘empathetic’ or ‘sentient’ piece is up for debate, studies have shown positive results leveraging robots as companions.”
• Quantum Computing – “Quantum Computing may be used to solve so many of the industrial world’s problems, solve climate change and help us build everything better. There’s also the possibility of gaining a broader understanding of the universe, our humanity and perhaps unseen dimensions beyond space and time.”

“I’d love many of the science fiction ‘superpowers’ that technology may bring us – teleportation, self-healing and anti-aging, intergalactic travel and of course a cloak of invisibility, which would be great on a bad hair day.”

But Peck said that one thing she always comes back to is related to Quantum Computing.

“It’s this idea of Infinite Wisdom. Think of it as Quantum understanding – rolling all the disciplines of Quantum (physics, mechanics, technology, spirituality, dimension etc.) together, allowing us to understand all knowledge from the past, present and future simultaneously – Knowledge Superposition.”

“The nature of wisdom, as we define it, is not about just amassing data points, but to simply know. I find this fascinating, and I believe this would be the ultimate superpower that technology may help us unlock someday.”

What about the general public of Reddit??

If you’ve been reading our newsletter for a while, you’ll know we have a soft spot for Reddit. So we couldn’t resist digging around to find out what technologies Reddit users wish existed.?

One particular thread was our favourite, with answers including…

• “Not technology. But I wish dragons and magic were real.”
• “Something to predict my life and tell me what is actually worth worrying about.”
• “...a machine that records your dreams and lets you rewatch them in the morning.”
• “A printer that just works.”?

…and teleportation came up several times on Reddit too.?

Teleportation is a clear winner?

In a more recent thread (posted just a few days ago, in fact), teleportation was (again) the tech of dreams for a significant percentage of posters.?

If any of you happen to be out there working on a teleportation device, you’ve got global product-market fit ready and waiting. Just saying.?

Join the conversation: What do you wish you could do with tech??

We do think Reddit’s great – but we think you, LEAP readers, are better. So we want to know what you wish you could do with technology. Head to the comment section to tell us about the tech you wish existed.

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Catch you next week,

Richard McKeon

Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Tahaluf

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