Cyberpunk

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A transhumanistic edge of society in dystopia. Daily life has been impacted by rapid technological takeover.

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What cyberpunk tech would you use a room-temperature superconductor for? (feddit.uk)

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Room-temperature superconductivity looks like it might be a step closer to becoming a reality. Let's stick with fiction for the moment though, what technology would you put in a cyberpunk world that makes use of zero-resistance electronics without the need for massive cooling? Super-fast computers? Super-powerful magnets? Maglev? Railguns?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

When most of the big computing power has been outsourced to the corps' cloud computers, this could power the cyberdecks that the hackers can use to do their work unmonitored