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Old 02-11-2008, 12:24 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
In that vein, I've been trying to find a list of other significant technologies or developments no SF author has predicted. Haven't found one yet...
How about the miniaturization of computers? From what I recall computers in strories from the '50s and '60s were leviathons stuffed to the gills with valves and flashing lights that squawked a lot.
We didn't get diddy computers in stories until they emerged in real life - but I could be wrong.

Also don't think many writers predicted that half the population of the 21st century would be using their telephones to *type* messages to each other
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