>>1 Op we do have a thread somewhere call "tech wish existed", if you used the view all threads button an scrolled down.
I know what you are talking about, even Sir Arthur C. Clarke another science fiction author, was noted to be the father of satellites, he died in 2008.
Yes I can agree with some of what you are saying some
things in science fiction can likely be made in reality depending on what they are, others are just too far flung to be made a reality.