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Steven Lyle Jordan · 02-10-2008, 09:41 AM

H. G. Wells' book Things To Come, published in 1933, accurately predicted the beginning of WWII in 1940, with involvement by all the major countries of the world. (In that book he also predicted air raids on England, gas warfare, air conditioning, commercial televivion, and videotape recording.)

Hugo Gernsback's book RALPH 124C 41+, published in 1925, predicted:

Television
Wireless power transmission
Televised phone calls
Transcontinental air service
Scientific research funded by the U.S. government
Photographs transmitted by radio
Sliding doors that are automatically controlled
Solar cells and energy in practical use
Sound movies
Mass transmission of entertainment programs to the home
Practical use of Earth's heat to produce steam
Synthetic milk and foods
Artificial cloth
Voiceprints used for identification
Tape recorders and recordings
Spaceflight

02-10-2008, 09:41 AM	#34
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	H. G. Wells' book Things To Come, published in 1933, accurately predicted the beginning of WWII in 1940, with involvement by all the major countries of the world. (In that book he also predicted air raids on England, gas warfare, air conditioning, commercial televivion, and videotape recording.) Hugo Gernsback's book RALPH 124C 41+, published in 1925, predicted: Television Wireless power transmission Televised phone calls Transcontinental air service Scientific research funded by the U.S. government Photographs transmitted by radio Sliding doors that are automatically controlled Solar cells and energy in practical use Sound movies Mass transmission of entertainment programs to the home Practical use of Earth's heat to produce steam Synthetic milk and foods Artificial cloth Voiceprints used for identification Tape recorders and recordings Spaceflight