Ask HN: What are your favorite modern-day super abilities?

2 points

11 years ago

Science fiction visions of the past have been realized (somewhat). We are able to fly, explore the oceans, and we have great computing abilities.

What modern technological feats of today are close to superpowers?

Examples could include mind reading [1], impersonating others (in text) [2], teleportation [3], encription (invisibility), encyclopedic knowledge, etc.

[1] https://developer.ibm.com/watson/blog/2015/07/16/ibm-watson-tone-analyzer-service-experimental-release-announcement/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8968027

[3] http://www.mapcrunch.com/

[4] www.wikipedia.org