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August 30, 2005

Ten tech items inspired by science fiction

An old post on Eclecticism details a bunch of 20th century techno-toys and -tools that were predicted by SF authors:

  • THE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE: Arthur C. Clarke
  • THE COMPUTER WORM: John Brunner
  • ORGANLEGGING: Larry Niven
  • THE WALDO: Robert A. Heinlein
  • GYRO-STABILIZED PERSONAL CONVEYANCE: Robert A. Heinlein
  • THE WATERBED: Robert A. Heinlein
  • HOME THEATER & WALL-MOUNTED TV: Ray Bradbury
  • THE FLIP-PHONE: Gene Roddenberry et al.
  • THE TASER: "Victor Appleton"
  • MULTI-USER DOMAINS IN CYBERSPACE: Vernor Vinge

Hat tip to "Heather" from the Bujold mailing list.

Posted by Nicholas at August 30, 2005 02:22 PM
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