What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory? - eviltoast

I am talking about gadgets we see in science fiction movies that obey the laws of physics of our universe and could theoretically be constructed, barring the limitations of materials, energy and time faced by our civilization at the moment.

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    Generation ships. In practice they are outside our capabilities at the moment, but it’s mostly existing engineering … if you could scale up to that, and keep it functional long enough, and keep people healthy long enough, and plan for all eventualities

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      No. Not yet. You need a functional ecosystem to support hundreds or more humans in an enclosed space. We can barely do it here in open air towns.