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How Science Fiction Movies Have Influenced Technology

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How Science Fiction Movies Have Influenced Technology

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This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Craig Sheldon.

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Sci-Fi’s Influence On Technology

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Science fiction, by definition, is science that isn’t real. But looking beyond the fantastical elements there are some very innovative ideas, a lot of which have had a real influence on modern technology. Here are some examples:

Star Trek: The motion Picture predicted the Internet as embodied in the movie by the all-enveloping sentient machine ‘V’Ger’.
Ready Player One predicted VR technology and virtual workplaces.
Total Recall predicted self-driving cars.
iRobot predicted self-driving cars that would allow the driver to take over too.
Minority Report predicted interactive augmented reality now being commercialized as wearable pair of glasses.
Back to the Future predicted the self-tying shoes.

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10 Sci-Fi Predictions from TV and Movies That Came True

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Art inspires science and science often inspires art. This has never been more true than in science fiction films and television shows. Scientists who grew up watching Star Trek or Star Wars craft new gadgets inspired by the show's designs, and more often than not , those movie props took a note from the pages of innovative science.

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10 Examples Of Sci-Fi’s Tech Predictions

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The electronic tablet on 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Insect-derived foodstuffs on Snowpiercer. Nowadays there are insect-based flour and protein bars.
Smart home de...

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Science fiction as fact: how desires drive discoveries

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Sci fi helps us think ahead and predicts future technologies, but most importantly it creates debate by asking - what if?

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The Influence Of Sci-Fi On Real Technology

Some of the tech appearing in movies wasn’t the fruit of random predictions but of consultations with industrial designers, futurists and advertising specialists.

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Design Fiction

Is a new method for designing technology that explores the futures that ordinary people would prefer. Design fictions are provocative and engage people, encouraging them to envision, explain and raise questions about the direction of future technology and society.

Design fictions are now being used in sectors ranging from health to defence tech forecasting, and even policy making. In this way, science fiction can be used as a tool to help design future societies and technologies, giving the public a say on it too.

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When science fiction inspires real technology

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Many researchers acknowledge the role that science fiction has played in triggering their interest in science and inspiring breakthroughs. Indeed, there are many examples of fictional technologies that have later emerged in the real world. In 1945, long before the first satellite orbited Earth, Arthur C.

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Science-Fiction Devices That Became Reality

Satellites
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The Influence Of Science Fiction On Science Fact

Many researchers acknowledge the role that science fiction has played in triggering their interest in science and inspiring breakthroughs. Even technology companies increasingly employ science fiction artists to explore potential new technologies and their social impact – also known as science fiction prototyping.

A research that looked for science-fiction-related terms in academic papers indicates that science fiction plays a significant role in scientific work and its impact is on the increase, especially on areas related to human-computer interactions.