Experimental research instrument / v0.4

Welcome to the
Collision Lab.

Pick two technologies. Every possible pair has been deliberately assessed: collision, emerging collision, interesting adjacency, or no clear collision yet.

PAIR→ASSESS→QUESTION→BUILD
01 / Choose the pair

What should collide?

Pick exactly two. Every possible pair in this version has been assessed rather than sent through a generic fallback.

Checking map...
COLLISIONYes to all three checks: combined mechanism, two-way influence, and evidence outside the lab.
EMERGING COLLISIONA real combined mechanism exists, but the relationship is one-way or has not yet operated outside the lab.
INTERESTING ADJACENCYNo combined mechanism yet, but a real layer relationship exists: hosting, display, data protection or hardware trust.
NO CLEAR COLLISION YETNo combined mechanism and no practical layer relationship beyond shared vocabulary or co-location.
PAIR
Waiting for trouble.
02 / The interesting bit

Pick two technologies.

The lab will show the assessed relationship between them.

04 / How the labels work

Three checks. No vibes-based multiplication signs.

Version 0.4 uses an explicit rule. Where the evidence is uncertain, the lower rating wins.

01

Mechanism

Does combining the two do something neither does alone? A technology that only hosts, displays, transports or protects the other’s data does not pass this check.

02

Two-way

Does each technology change a design constraint or capability of the other? A one-way enabling relationship does not pass this check.

03

Outside the lab

Has the combined system — not each part separately — run in a product, clinical study, field trial or production line? Lab demonstrations and simulations do not count.

Evidence checked 30 September 2026. The outside-the-lab check is the one most likely to change, so emerging collisions should be revisited as the evidence moves.

Why build this?

Because a technology list is not a research strategy.

Most emerging-technology landscapes classify things into neat boxes. Reality is less considerate. Capabilities spill across domains, constraints migrate, and the most interesting questions often appear where two previously separate research trajectories begin sharing infrastructure, materials, interfaces or assumptions.

Collision Lab is a prototype for making those boundaries explorable. Version 0.4 maps all 45 pairwise relationships across the ten technologies in the lab. Each pair is rated against three explicit checks: combined mechanism, two-way influence and evidence outside the lab. Borderline cases get the lower rating.