Nothing quite matches the childlike sense of wonder you get from reading PCWorld, except for maybe the feelings you get from watching “the future” in a good science fiction movie. Before you break out your credit card for the next Apple gizmo, take a stroll down memory lane and see if it doesn't make your existing tech seem a little more wondrous...after all, it's from the future!
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Tech We Took From Science Fiction
Even though we’re still waiting for flying cars, we’re already living in the future predicted by science fiction. Here are a few tech prophecies from sci-fi films, books, and TV shows that became reality.
Tech We Took From Science Fiction
2001: A Space Odyssey / Watson
Star Trek PADD / iPad
Foundation / Wikipedia
The Matrix / World of Warcraft
Snow Crash / Second Life
The Jetsons / iRobot Roomba
Gattaca / Home Genetic-Testing Services
Minority Report / Gesture Controls
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