Not every science fiction story is meant to predict the future, but some of them have forecast future events with incredible accuracy. Created by Isabelle Turner using io9, this infographic illustrates some of the most exciting examples of science fiction that became fact. and how long it took for the future to catch up with each.
MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are ubiquitous today. His prediction for the future? Ingestion of knowledge…literally swallowing a pill that deposits information in the brain we have traditionally internalized through reading and listening. A MUST view 20 minute video!
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