Naturally there's a very real chance that this technology never escapes the labs.
But that's how it is with new technology news. I don't really get the bitching. It is what it is.
If we all sat down and only dealt with what was here today we wouldn't even be able to make decent decisions about today because the expected future is a quite important part of the decisions we make here and now. A glimpse of a possible future isn't so bad, even though it isn't here the future still haunts the present.
But hey... in the future (sic!) I'll refrain from posting development news. I understand that we must only speak of things that are right here, right now.