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Någon gång på 1600-talet satte sig vetenskapsmannen Robert Boyle ner och författade en lista med 24 problem som han hoppades att vetenskapen skulle lösa. En hel del av dom är redan lösta, t.ex. "The Recovery of Youth, or at least some of the Marks of it, as new Teeth, new Hair colour'd as in youth" (plastikkirurgi), eller "The practicable and certain way of finding Longitudes" (Google Earth). Det jag tycker att man lagt ner för lite tid på de senaste 300 åren? "A perpetuall Light".

Här är hela listan:

The Prolongation of Life.
The Recovery of Youth, or at least some of the Marks of it, as new Teeth, new Hair colour'd as in youth.
The Art of Flying.
The Art of Continuing long under water, and exercising functions freely there.
The Cure of Wounds at a Distance.
The Cure of Diseases at a distance or at least by Transplantation.
The Attaining Gigantick Dimensions.
The Emulating of Fish without Engines by Custome and Education only.
The Acceleration of the Production of things out of Seed.
The Transmutation of Metalls.
The makeing of Glass Malleable.
The Transmutation of Species in Mineralls, Animals, and Vegetables.
The Liquid Alkaest and Other dissolving Menstruums.
The making of Parabolicall and Hyperbolicall Glasses.
The making Armor light and extremely hard.
The practicable and certain way of finding Longitudes.
The use of Pendulums at Sea and in Journeys, and the Application of it to watches.
Potent Druggs to alter or Exalt Imagination, Waking, Memory, and other functions, and appease pain, procure innocent sleep, harmless dreams, etc.
A Ship to saile with All Winds, and A Ship not to be Sunk.
Freedom from Necessity of much Sleeping exemplify'd by the Operations of Tea and what happens in Mad-Men.
Pleasing Dreams and physicall Exercises exemplify'd by the Egyptian Electuary and by the Fungus mentioned by the French Author.
Great Strength and Agility of Body exemplify'd by that of Frantick Epileptick and Hystericall persons.
A perpetuall Light.
Varnishes perfumable by Rubbing

(via: Royal Society)

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Någon gång på 1600-talet satte sig vetenskapsmannen Robert Boyle ner och författade en lista med 24 problem som han hoppades att vetenskapen skulle lösa. En hel del av dom är redan lösta, t.ex. \"The Recovery of Youth, or at least some of the Marks of it, as new Teeth, new Hair colour'd as in youth\" (plastikkirurgi), eller \"The practicable and certain way of finding Longitudes\" (Google Earth). Det jag tycker att man lagt ner för lite tid på de senaste 300 åren? \"A perpetuall Light\".

Här är hela listan:

The Prolongation of Life.
The Recovery of Youth, or at least some of the Marks of it, as new Teeth, new Hair colour'd as in youth.
The Art of Flying.
The Art of Continuing long under water, and exercising functions freely there.
The Cure of Wounds at a Distance.
The Cure of Diseases at a distance or at least by Transplantation.
The Attaining Gigantick Dimensions.
The Emulating of Fish without Engines by Custome and Education only.
The Acceleration of the Production of things out of Seed.
The Transmutation of Metalls.
The makeing of Glass Malleable.
The Transmutation of Species in Mineralls, Animals, and Vegetables.
The Liquid Alkaest and Other dissolving Menstruums.
The making of Parabolicall and Hyperbolicall Glasses.
The making Armor light and extremely hard.
The practicable and certain way of finding Longitudes.
The use of Pendulums at Sea and in Journeys, and the Application of it to watches.
Potent Druggs to alter or Exalt Imagination, Waking, Memory, and other functions, and appease pain, procure innocent sleep, harmless dreams, etc.
A Ship to saile with All Winds, and A Ship not to be Sunk.
Freedom from Necessity of much Sleeping exemplify'd by the Operations of Tea and what happens in Mad-Men.
Pleasing Dreams and physicall Exercises exemplify'd by the Egyptian Electuary and by the Fungus mentioned by the French Author.
Great Strength and Agility of Body exemplify'd by that of Frantick Epileptick and Hystericall persons.
A perpetuall Light.
Varnishes perfumable by Rubbing

(via: Royal Society)

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