DARPA turned to Twitter to crowdsource some ideas for what the future should bring. A round-up of the responses.

Wookiepedia

DARPA -- the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency but better known as Sci-Fi Santa in these parts -- turned to Twitter to crowdsource a few ideas for what the future should bring.

What technology from science fiction would you most like to see as science fact?

-- DARPA (@DARPA) June 15, 2012

The people have heeded the call, some in earnest, others ... not so much. Here's a rundown of some of the responses:

• The Death Star, pls -- @silvermanjacob
• SOMA from Brave New World -- @ZichaelMao
• FTL [faster-than-light] travel so humanity can expand into the stars! -- @Arjyparjy
• super-fast self-healing materials -- @Vito_Scarco
• Teleportation -- @DaLN [Ed. note: PLEASE!]
• Teleporters and/or Timetravel/Chronovision -- @MANOMACHINE 
• A working heart -- @derektmead
• Cheap, safe, available access to space -- @TonySolo
• Flying robots that rain terror from the sky -- @paleofuture [Ed. note: Ignore this guy!]
• Chewbacca -- @paleofuture [Ed. note: Again!]
• Godless theocracy based on a mysterious "force" -- @mims [Ed. note: Because we need help with this?]
• Motoko Kusanagi's prosthetic body. Also, fusion -- @blakestacey
• Hologram trees from The Simpsons -- @FutureTenseNow
• Suspended animation. For cross-country flights. -- @WhySharksMatter
• Very tiny Rick Moranis. -- @jwhermann

There was only one request DARPA said was already in the works:

RT @armedwscience: A world... without passwords? @DARPA is working on it: ht.ly/bGmYp #sot

-- DARPA (@DARPA) June 19, 2012

At least it was a good one.