[excelguru]

It's amazing what they're developing these days. The next ten to fifteen years will see some truly mind-shattering advancements in materials technology.

And don't even get me STARTED on nanotechnology. That truly is mind-blowing... microscopic oxygen compressors that could be injected into the bloodstream by the thousands to allow someone to stay submerged without a breathing aparatus for hours (by slowly releasing oxygen as needed)... microscopic detectors that can sense the presence of a single molecule of nerve gas... flying robots the size of a bumblebee that can be deployed into caves to detect the presence of high CO2 levels, thereby indicating the presence of humans... this isn't sciece fiction anymore, folks. It borders on being scary.