Science or the Fiction???
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I am a huge Sci-Fi fan. Part of what attracts me to Science Fiction is the imagination of these authors. To me they are the seers of our future.
Now this doesn't mean Star Wars or Deep Space Nine. It is the little things in Science Fiction that are the key to our future.
So in this thread I am planning on posting some of my favorite inventions that have come out of Science Fiction. I will also post some Sci-Fi predictions that I would like to see come true.
I welcome anyone posting their Favourite Sci-Fi predictions or inventions they are aware of that arose from Sci-Fi books.
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Automatic Doors
We can all thank Gene Rodenberry for the fact we no longer have to open doors at shopping centre, banks and office blocks.
It was in the very first episode of Star Trek people watched a scene of the bridge on the Enterprise, when they heard a woosh and the doors at the back slid open, Capt Kirk walked through and the doors closed behind him.
So what we all say now these days but back then this was done by 2 stage hands pulling the doors apart and pushing them closed again.
Fortunately we can thank some enterprising scientists who saw this and asked the question how can they make this happen?
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I am also a fan of science fiction. Ray Bradbury has to be one of my favorites, but I do enjoy more modern/recent Sci-fi books as well
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You should check out one of the xprize competitions. The current one is to develop a tricoder. Could you imagine a handheld device that can diagnose your sickness.
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many cell phone developers credit star trek with inspiring them. flip phones even open like kirks communicator. smart phones multitask like spocks tricorder and ipads, kindles and other devices are just like the pads in startrek tng.
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Mobile Phones
This one I first read in a book by my favourite author Robert A Heinlein. I will need to pull the book out again to get you the title but it was written in the 50's.
The book starts off with a boy riding his horse in the middle of the desert when the phone rings. So he answers it.
The concept of having a phone so small it could fit in his pocket while he rides his horse I amazing considering when I was young my father had one of the first mobile phones in the eighties. That phone came with a briefcase which contained the battery.
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My name's a sci-fi reference that no one will ever get. My favourite fictional invention would be neural nanonics, so you can connect directly to the Internet. It'll probably happen in the near-ish future
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Nano bots
Grey goo
The singularityFun times ahead
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Not really science fiction at all, but I've always been fascinated by the inventions and visions of of Nikola Tesla. Like his Extraterrestrial signal transmitter, Wardenclyffe tower, wireless electric power, death ray, his energy shields, space propulsion engines, gravity theories... Just on and on and on. Such an extremely wondrous mind that unfortunately was hindered.
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Nuclear Submarines
HG Wells, possibly the greatest Science Fiction Author of all time made the prediction of Nuclear Submarines in his novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
In this novel written 100 years ago he predicted a machine the Nautilus that could travel huge distances underneath the sea. It could also drop to depths at that time considered impossible.
Interestingly though the main weapon of the Nautilus was to ram opponent ships and cut the hull out from underneath. But it did include a chamber that permitted the crew to enter and exit the ship whilst under water.
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₲яєєŋϻɑɳÐɪʂɪƞfø wrote:
Sometimes I think Science Fiction authors put their ideas down as fiction because if they tried to launch them as a scientific possibility they would be ridiculed.Not really science fiction at all, but I've always been fascinated by the inventions and visions of of Nikola Tesla. Like his Extraterrestrial signal transmitter, Wardenclyffe tower, wireless electric power, death ray, his energy shields, space propulsion engines, gravity theories... Just on and on and on. Such an extremely wondrous mind that unfortunately was hindered.
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Hyena wrote:
I totally believe the same. I think it spills over into Hollywood often as well. Close encounters, 2001, x-files... Especially with Kubrick Ive always felt there is so much more going on in his films than most people even notice.₲яєєŋϻɑɳÐɪʂɪƞfø wrote:
Sometimes I think Science Fiction authors put their ideas down as fiction because if they tried to launch them as a scientific possibility they would be ridiculed.Not really science fiction at all, but I've always been fascinated by the inventions and visions of of Nikola Tesla. Like his Extraterrestrial signal transmitter, Wardenclyffe tower, wireless electric power, death ray, his energy shields, space propulsion engines, gravity theories... Just on and on and on. Such an extremely wondrous mind that unfortunately was hindered.
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Before someone mentions how Clarke wrote 2001 and it wasn't Kubrick's originally, I'm aware. I just know someone is thinking it...
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Anything by the late Micheal Crichton. Jurrasic park, sphere, congo, eaters of the dead, etc. hands down my favorite author. He even sources his information!
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Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
A template on how to terra form a planet, and the sociology economic impact of doing this.
What an amazing trilogy this is. I am writing this on the bus so if someone can add the authors name at the end that would be great.
The story starts with the arrival of the 2nd mission to Mars. This time to settle the planet. It starts as a scientific outpost. But each scientist has different wants for the planet. Some want to make it habitable others want to keep it in it's current state much like Antarctica is being limited to scientific expeditions and the odd tourist.
It details how these people interact, how they plan, strategise. It details methods of terra forming. It details methods used to slow terra forming down.
One of the most relevant series of books to be read considering Mars appears to be on the radar for it's first manned trip in the next 50 years.
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I liked the culture novels.
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This is a really interesting thread !!! Fair play !!
Factor 5000 suncream - robocop
The core - event horizon
Bender - futurama
Climbing for dollars gameshow - the running man
Spiked grenades - fith element
To mention a few great sci fi ideas these little touches make the movies for me !!! -
Brad Lovegrove wrote:
Ahh yes, one of the more recent Sci-Fi concepts. I believe I have read some of this in Peter F Hamilton's novels. I highly recommend his works. An amazing ability in this author to blend genres like Sci-Fi/Horror or Sci-Fi/FantasyMy name's a sci-fi reference that no one will ever get. My favourite fictional invention would be neural nanonics, so you can connect directly to the Internet. It'll probably happen in the near-ish future
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The three seashells ???? Ha ha !
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Hyena wrote:
I gotta check that out! Every read cs lewis' space trilogy? Starts with "Out of the silent planet". Sound somewhat similar.Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
A template on how to terra form a planet, and the sociology economic impact of doing this.
What an amazing trilogy this is. I am writing this on the bus so if someone can add the authors name at the end that would be great.
The story starts with the arrival of the 2nd mission to Mars. This time to settle the planet. It starts as a scientific outpost. But each scientist has different wants for the planet. Some want to make it habitable others want to keep it in it's current state much like Antarctica is being limited to scientific expeditions and the odd tourist.
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3rayc wrote:
All good Science Fiction should have some basis for the science. It is all about taking that science to the next level (or 2 or 3 levels).Anything by the late Micheal Crichton. Jurrasic park, sphere, congo, eaters of the dead, etc. hands down my favorite author. He even sources his information!
Never actually read his novels though I have enjoyed the movies.
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3rayc wrote:
I actually read Congo after I saw the movie. The technology used in the book was pretty cutting edge at the time! Plasma lasers, satellite phones, etc.Anything by the late Micheal Crichton. Jurrasic park, sphere, congo, eaters of the dead, etc. hands down my favorite author. He even sources his information!
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₲яєєŋϻɑɳÐɪʂɪƞfø wrote:
No I will have to look it up, well once I can put Turf Wars down long enough to read again...,Hyena wrote:
I gotta check that out! Every read cs lewis' space trilogy? Starts with "Out of the silent planet". Sound somewhat similar.Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
A template on how to terra form a planet, and the sociology economic impact of doing this.
What an amazing trilogy this is. I am writing this on the bus so if someone can add the authors name at the end that would be great.
The story starts with the arrival of the 2nd mission to Mars. This time to settle the planet. It starts as a scientific outpost. But each scientist has different wants for the planet. Some want to make it habitable others want to keep it in it's current state much like Antarctica is being limited to scientific expeditions and the odd tourist.
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Hyena wrote:
His books are where I got my name. His description of the economics of space flight, with the asteroid mining etc, are really well thought out. Apologies of this is rambling, stuff like this is a passion of mineBrad Lovegrove wrote:
Ahh yes, one of the more recent Sci-Fi concepts. I believe I have read some of this in Peter F Hamilton's novels. I highly recommend his works. An amazing ability in this author to blend genres like Sci-Fi/Horror or Sci-Fi/FantasyMy name's a sci-fi reference that no one will ever get. My favourite fictional invention would be neural nanonics, so you can connect directly to the Internet. It'll probably happen in the near-ish future
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₲яєєŋϻɑɳÐɪʂɪƞfø wrote:
Isn't that Kim Stanley Robinson? Or was it Ben Bova?Hyena wrote:
I gotta check that out! Every read cs lewis' space trilogy? Starts with "Out of the silent planet". Sound somewhat similar.Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
A template on how to terra form a planet, and the sociology economic impact of doing this.
What an amazing trilogy this is. I am writing this on the bus so if someone can add the authors name at the end that would be great.
The story starts with the arrival of the 2nd mission to Mars. This time to settle the planet. It starts as a scientific outpost. But each scientist has different wants for the planet. Some want to make it habitable others want to keep it in it's current state much like Antarctica is being limited to scientific expeditions and the odd tourist.
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₲яєєŋϻɑɳÐɪʂɪƞfø wrote:
The author is Kim Stanley Robinson and they were published in the early 90'sHyena wrote:
I gotta check that out! Every read cs lewis' space trilogy? Starts with "Out of the silent planet". Sound somewhat similar.Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars
A template on how to terra form a planet, and the sociology economic impact of doing this.
What an amazing trilogy this is. I am writing this on the bus so if someone can add the authors name at the end that would be great.
The story starts with the arrival of the 2nd mission to Mars. This time to settle the planet. It starts as a scientific outpost. But each scientist has different wants for the planet. Some want to make it habitable others want to keep it in it's current state much like Antarctica is being limited to scientific expeditions and the odd tourist.
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Can't have a science fiction thread without memtioning William Gibson. He pretty much came up with the matrix, and the early terms associated with the Internet. Came up with the term worlds wide web, websurfing... Can't remember the other ones now. But he was extremely influential.
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Sentient Computers
Many give this to Clarke with HAL. My first introduction to a sentient computer is Mike. Mike is a computer that is charged with running the penal colony on the moon.
With multiple add ons occurring the matrix of interconnections begins to resemble a brain. Mike begins like a child starting with basic humour. As he develops he grows through the different stage and ends up running the rebellion to free the moon from the shackles of governance by Earth.
It does raise the implications of the moon being used as a military base. The ability too destroy entire cities by basically throwing rocks at it and the difficulty to attack it from the bottom of Earths gravity well.
Another recommended easy read by Robert A Heinlein, Revolt 2100
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