Tag: technology

172 You are an advanced AI that controls a smart house. How do you kill your master? 2016-02-04T17:20:36.700

122 What cheap modern items can I use to bribe medieval people? 2017-03-23T14:12:45.780

122 How can I ensure my Evil Tower is always stormy? 2018-09-24T17:50:30.710

98 Would relatively primitive people really confuse technology with magic? 2015-12-29T06:38:26.960

76 If magic is real, can it be true that rational scientific thought should exclude it? 2015-03-30T20:39:21.027

75 Must magic be tied to medieval tech? 2014-09-16T18:43:54.767

74 How would an aquatic race develop computers? 2014-11-06T16:04:45.930

74 Concealing my earth-changing invention 2015-11-05T09:32:41.897

74 How would primitive peoples detect radiation? 2018-06-25T20:30:49.613

72 How to keep a military technology secret while using it? 2017-05-08T11:12:14.120

71 How do I make an alien technology feel alien? 2016-11-09T20:48:58.260

69 Start a coup online without the government intervening 2016-11-08T21:17:42.967

68 Is there a real life substance like movie acid? 2017-05-30T14:29:32.430

68 What (modern) weapons could be used to destroy skeletal enemies as completely as possible? 2019-01-09T10:03:28.147

66 What modern technology would be most revolutionary to ancient Greeks? 2016-07-19T01:08:58.003

64 What would happen if an alien race gave us a computer capable of 2^256 calculations per second? 2016-09-02T04:22:43.090

64 How can I hide my island? 2017-04-19T22:26:28.360

62 Realistic Santa and Reindeer 2015-12-07T07:27:05.777

61 Why would technology dictate graphical interfaces to be rare on spaceships? 2017-11-12T09:23:01.913

60 How to solve the old 'gun on a spaceship' problem? 2016-10-11T02:09:16.847

59 What is the least expensive way to annihilate humanity? 2015-04-08T21:46:36.717

58 Could a human engineer comprehend alien electronics? 2015-06-17T17:05:33.883

55 Hacking the universe 2014-10-26T06:30:50.977

54 If I travelled in time to 1979... would my smartphone's gps still work? 2016-09-07T17:34:38.457

54 How do spaceships determine each other's mass in space? 2019-03-07T09:34:11.150

53 Wooden sticks are the only allowed weapons in a technological society - how far would these weapons have progressed by now? 2015-08-04T10:40:32.727

53 How do I defend an island nation from attackers with 15th century technology? 2015-11-05T19:41:17.137

53 How to introduce my perpetual motion invention to the scientific community? 2016-07-03T20:50:59.167

53 Would a steam powered plane be able to cross the Atlantic ocean? 2017-10-04T13:21:18.630

52 How would humans adapt if low-wage labor was done by robots? 2016-08-12T11:05:48.493

51 In a society of flying beings, would the wheel ever be invented? 2014-10-01T19:17:34.887

51 How can I build a Nuclear Reactor in my backyard? 2017-04-05T03:38:25.593

51 Could an advanced alien race prevent the death of the universe? 2018-07-18T17:07:08.517

51 If a large space ship crashes on a planet, what could kill passengers without obliterating the ship? 2018-07-26T16:35:40.887

50 Pew Pew Lasers! What would directed energy weapons actually sound like? 2016-01-12T01:55:08.967

50 How can a person Insulate copper wire in a medieval world? 2019-11-12T12:35:54.673

49 Could underwater living organism create technology? 2014-10-11T14:56:20.973

49 A small group recreating modern technology 2014-12-18T22:12:00.200

49 Why would a large percent of an otherwise sane population regularly play a virtual game that could get them killed 2017-11-09T03:51:13.257

49 Can I use a trebuchet to launch satellites into space from a lunar colony? 2018-05-03T05:31:29.087

48 Could medieval people produce automatic firearms if they had access to the schematics? 2015-02-21T08:56:27.733

47 Could a mouth-mounted gun be fired without damage to the shooter? 2018-07-03T14:28:13.840

46 How to preserve electronics (computers, tablets and phones) for hundreds of years 2019-03-19T17:50:59.750

45 Why do aliens who visit us have higher tech than us? Couldn't they wait for us to have it too? 2017-02-06T14:24:08.577

45 Can coins be made out of concrete or cement? 2018-08-28T19:54:10.533

44 Would a 100% simulated war be a way to solve national conflict? 2016-06-16T07:23:46.217

43 Does knowing a technology exists make it develop faster? 2017-01-04T03:58:52.017

43 Is it possible to create a Gas Mask using only Medieval Technology? 2018-07-17T04:52:34.967

43 Can the Aztec Empire learn and reuse Conquistador technology? 2018-11-18T20:37:58.680

43 How would modern naval warfare have to have developed differently for battleships to still be relevant in the 21st century? 2019-06-18T06:31:29.053

41 Why would super-advanced aliens go undercover as humans? 2016-07-10T04:00:46.737

41 A way of getting the water to the top of the tall building without electricity? 2018-03-05T19:24:13.220

41 Why buy tech from the future? 2018-06-07T04:20:06.287

41 What could be the right powersource for 15 seconds lifespan disposable giant chainsaw? 2019-04-09T09:51:50.897

40 With current technology, what would be the best way to store energy for future generations? 2015-08-21T21:36:02.423

39 What effects would a change in the nature of human sexuality have on society and infrastructure 2014-09-17T09:09:48.007

39 Could a technological society develop without wood? 2014-10-10T10:13:04.907

39 Keeping supplies for 1000 years 2016-09-04T08:59:51.687

39 What difficulty would the Roman Empire have besieging a fantasy kingdom's 49 m wall? 2016-11-15T15:05:37.640

39 How do you solve the copied consciousness conundrum without killing anyone? 2016-11-22T07:58:13.393

39 Doing chemistry under water? 2019-11-11T04:31:53.217

38 Realistic Future Jobs for Men and Women 2014-12-29T16:57:42.093

38 Hard Sci-fi energy shields 2015-03-22T01:49:05.987

38 Why would PMCs be in politically-unstable places, as opposed to waiting in comfort to be called? 2015-12-06T01:41:51.250

38 Is it plausible that a country developed steam engines before gunpowder? 2017-01-20T13:40:19.847

37 Can we build a world in 1,000 years? 2017-02-20T10:13:03.377

37 In an underwater society, would the wheel ever be invented? 2017-09-07T11:06:40.210

36 What would stop a company able to sell lifespan expansions from ruling the world? 2015-01-28T10:04:02.227

36 What would limit the size of a sail-powered sea cargo ship using modern (or near future) technologies, and how big could we go? 2016-12-12T16:05:08.730

36 How can I keep the computers on my spaceship from temperature related death after a hull breach? 2016-12-20T16:16:53.440

36 Would bigger space war ships be actually better or not? 2017-06-20T09:38:02.067

36 What methods might an ancient civilization use to desalinate sea water? 2017-10-29T17:58:20.837

36 How would one make a reactor harder to produce over time? 2020-01-29T22:18:40.540

35 Why would a magic world be stuck in medieval times? 2014-11-11T11:26:56.840

35 Why would the Federation ban escape pods that come with manual override? 2016-09-20T11:29:06.203

35 How to tell a clone apart? 2016-09-22T05:47:33.220

35 Would a suit that acts as extra-cardiovascular system allow you to run indefinitely? 2017-01-03T16:53:53.020

35 Teleportation is invented but it has nasty side-effects % of the time, how will that affect usage of the technology? 2019-10-29T14:08:54.717

34 Is a world with no technological improvement possible? 2014-09-24T11:58:59.030

34 Would England of the 14th Century be capable of producing revolver bullets 2016-12-05T08:31:51.737

34 How can I make guns available, but not swords? 2017-05-02T15:33:43.803

34 Why would astronauts go to space to mine asteroids? 2017-09-19T02:26:47.717

34 How can a human cause the Yellowstone to erupt? 2017-10-18T13:11:06.007

34 Could you float a boat on a gas giant? 2018-01-11T19:48:55.840

34 What is the most reasonable way for non-binary computers to have become standard? 2018-11-26T13:22:11.533

34 How can an advanced civilization forget how to manufacture its technology? 2019-07-11T14:20:12.930

34 How is warfare affected when armor has (temporarily) outpaced guns? How can guns compete? 2019-10-20T22:26:55.107

34 Why is super hero technology never used by civilians? 2019-11-11T22:39:01.813

33 Could a technological society develop without agriculture? 2014-10-20T15:07:49.993

33 Does my Fast-as-Light travel method run afoul of causality or relativity? 2018-03-20T13:08:32.513

33 How would a ship defend against a sea creature, and possibly win? 2018-09-14T07:19:25.147

32 Von Neumann probes: feasible or not, now? 2014-12-09T11:42:30.860

32 Is it possible to make spaceship very difficult to reverse engineer if you can't oversee its usage? 2017-03-27T10:15:17.680

32 Long-lasting self-sustainable presence indicator beacon 2017-08-07T06:58:05.747

31 How "advanced" can a stone age society get? 2014-10-03T15:13:32.683

31 What would modern IT look like if Silicon Valley had been completely destroyed in 1985? 2016-02-08T05:12:08.120

31 Is there a precedent for inventing a new technology many years before anyone else? 2016-09-20T13:56:24.883

31 How would an army defend itself against mass robo-snake attacks? 2017-03-31T09:23:33.020

31 Why would precursors create devices that can survive and still work after hundreds of years? 2018-10-24T06:22:54.673