5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become Reality

Jan 1, 2026

Five sci-fi technologies becoming real today, from BCIs to space elevators.

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Credits:
5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become Reality
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editor: Donagh Broderick
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:52 Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)
6:26 Dream Recording & Memory Replay
8:48 Artificial Wombs & Designer Babies
16:13 Bio
18:56 Space Elevators
21:12 Weather Control
21:30 Graphene
22:15 De-Extinciton
21:40 Superconductors & Fusion
27:23 Oldest & Newest
28:26 Preserving & Rebuilding the Human Body