OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Bob Rasmussen (Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:10:34 -0700 (PDT)):

> You sci-fi folks might enjoy a recent issue of PC Magazine, where they
> recap various techie ideas that first appeared in sci-fi writing, and
> look for progress in achieving them.

There was a show on the Discovery Channel a few months ago called
"How William Shatner changed the world", and was basically how
things from Star Trek ended up inspiring some of the people who
are responsible for much of today's technology.  (Like the guy
who is credited with inventing the cell phone, who got the idea
from the Star Trek communicators.)

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