There have been a LOT of science fictions films, series and books. Well, the genre has been around for a while now, so we get to look back at some of our past films and books, and see if they have proven true, or false.
The Hypospray: TRUE
It's that little medical device that injects liquids into the human body. But instead of a needle, it uses air to force the stuff right through the skin. We weren't supposed to invent this technology until somewhere around the 22 century, but we got around to it a little early.
Behold! The Jet Injector.
Flat-Screen monitors: TRUE
As depicted in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey. They had to use a projector for the effect, but sure enough, by 2001 they were in use.
Intelligent Computers:TRUE
In that same film, there was a computer who beat a guy at chess. This was achieved in 1997 by the computer Deep Blue.
Colonization of the moon: FALSE
2001 came and went and we still haven't colonized the moon.
Communicator: TRUE
In fact, this one is SO true, that it's almost false. Our modern cell phones are MUCH more compact than those bulky things that Kirk carries around.
Warp Drive: ????.
We don't have it yet... and that's to be expected, we're not supposed to invent warp drive until the year 2063. We shall see if that one comes true.
Artificial intelligence: ????
Well, it's too late for Space Odyssey, 2001 has come and gone and we still don't have sentient computers. But it's not to late for Star Trek.
In fact according to Ray_Kurzweil We should have computers with the same Processing Power as the human brain, and by 2040 computers will be advanced enough that they can improve on themselves.
That's a few hundred years early for Star Trek. But 2029 is RIGHT on target for Ghost in the Shell, which takes place in 2030.
Tollerance: TRUE
A major theme in most sci-fi, mainly star trek, is the acceptance of other races, cultures, species, lifestyles and opinions. Since it was written at a time bigotry was rampant, this is a pretty impressive jump. We're not QUITE at the level of Star Trek, but at the rate we're going, by the 24th century most of our remaining prejudices should be gone.
Asteroid Belt:FALSE and TRUE
You know the game Asteroids... and Battlestar Galactica, and Star Trek, and pretty much EVERY space travel movie there is... they go through an asteroid belt, and the asteroids are literally slamming into each other, and it's almost impossible to successfully navigate your way through.
In fact the ability to navigate an asteroid belt is generally considered to be evidence of an AMAZING pilot.
Well that's just not the case. The asteroid belt is not the slightest bit dense. They do slam into each other, but it only happens every couple million years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_belt#Collisions
Some movies get it right though, like Space Odyssey.
So, any of you guys know of any sci-fi prophecies that have come true, or failed?
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