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Cinisajoy · 08-22-2016, 12:01 PM

A post in another thread got me to thinking about this.
How many things today can be traced back to science fiction?
Just off the top of my head:
Nuclear powered submarines: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Alexa, Siri, and Ok Google can all be traced back to HAL from 2001:A Space Odyssey
The shuttle was originally in a comic strip back in the 50's.
Cell phones can be traced back to Star Trek. So can ereaders, their library had small screens for reading all books ever written.

Now we may not yet have a Rosie but we do have a Roomba.
It is also possible to wake up to a breakfast of oatmeal, homemade bread and coffee.
Now you do have to put the ingredients in the crockpot, bread machine and coffee maker and set the timers. But we are getting close to food replicators.

So what else can you think of that was originally Science Fiction but is now fact?

08-22-2016, 12:01 PM	#1
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Where would we be without Science Fiction A post in another thread got me to thinking about this. How many things today can be traced back to science fiction? Just off the top of my head: Nuclear powered submarines: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Alexa, Siri, and Ok Google can all be traced back to HAL from 2001:A Space Odyssey The shuttle was originally in a comic strip back in the 50's. Cell phones can be traced back to Star Trek. So can ereaders, their library had small screens for reading all books ever written. Now we may not yet have a Rosie but we do have a Roomba. It is also possible to wake up to a breakfast of oatmeal, homemade bread and coffee. Now you do have to put the ingredients in the crockpot, bread machine and coffee maker and set the timers. But we are getting close to food replicators. So what else can you think of that was originally Science Fiction but is now fact?