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I think lasers are pretty wack when you think about them through this lens. A small, wand-like object in your hand can make light appear from seemingly nowhere. If it's powerful enough it can set things on fire or blind people. Not to mention larger ones like laser cutters or the LLD, used to destroy missiles midflight. Thats sure to blow some feudal peasant minds

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[–] nocturne213@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] TvanBuuren@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Photography. Simple as that, would blow people's minds.

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

A remote control or any bluetooth-enabled devices. It's like spooky action at a distance. Just press a button on a little thing and it can make something else across the room do something on its own.

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Fibre Optic cables still blow me away

[–] nxfsi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Quikclot. "Wait it's just clay powder?"

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'd really love to sit a middle aged peasant down and watch them play GTA V

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most of our weaponry.

Communications is huge.

Depending on how far back you go, almost anything. Tech has come a long way and it still seems to have endless possibilities. We just might be in a golden era. We once deemed things impossible and brushed them aside, now we are more accepting of them only being impossible for current tech. Interstellar travel for example is tech that's still far beyond us but we know we can get there.

[–] LaVacaMariposa@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It doesn't need to be super advanced to be incredible.

I usually have a live cam playing on my 2nd screen. Right now I'm watching a bird feeder in Panama, full of tropical birds. Or I can watch another stream that's in NY State where there are Bluejays and Woodpeckers. Sometimes I have a tropical beach, or look at the jellyfishes in the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. I think that's magic.

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[–] Ensign_Seitler@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • microwave ovens
  • speakers (especially battery-powered Bluetooth, since they aren’t connected to anything)
  • LEDs (light without noticeable heat)
[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Speakers still blow my mind. The concept of sound and hearing in general, really. It's incredible how much information, and the variety of information, you can cram into pressure waves. The fact that we have organs and neural pathways that are not only able to, but are solely devoted to the interpretation and transmission of pressure waves built into us is mind boggling. These weird wobbly bones in our head allow us to experience the world and each other. Mind boggling.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

All the sufficiently advanced ones, really.

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