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1. Science Fiction
REALITY
REALITY
IDEAS
IDEAS
That became a

2. "Psychohistory" is the
fictional science at the heart
of the Foundation series, which
is similar to big data and
statistical machine learning
concepts of today
BIG DATA
BIG DATA
ASIMOV'S "FOUNDATION SERIES"
ASIMOV'S "FOUNDATION SERIES"

3. William Gibson predicted the
internet, hacking, and even
virtual reality in his novel. He
predicted cyberspace a decade
before the internet took the form
we know today!
CYBERSPACE
CYBERSPACE
NEUROMANCER
NEUROMANCER

4. This controversial trangressive
novel is a mix of futuristic dread
as well as excitement.
It predicted the extent of
"Technology Dependency" of today and
the inversion of the power balance
between people and technology
TECHNOLOGYDEPENDENCY
TECHNOLOGYDEPENDENCY
JG BALLARD'S "CRASH"
JG BALLARD'S "CRASH"

5. When Luke Skywalker lost his
hand, it was replaced with an
advanced prosthetic hand with
touch-sensitive skin. Similarly,
Open Bionics creates lightweight,
multi-grip, bionic arms which
through 3D scanning, are
customized to each individual
BIONIC LIMBS
BIONIC LIMBS
STAR WARS
STAR WARS

6. In the "Minority Report" based on
the 1956 story by Philip K. Dick,
the protagonist, John Anderton, uses
a gesture-based computer system,
swiping and zooming through multiple
screens. Current smart phone designs
mimic the touch screen technology
and user interface of the movie
MULTI-TOUCH USER INTERFACE
MULTI-TOUCH USER INTERFACE
THE MINORITY REPORT
THE MINORITY REPORT

7. Since the mid-2010s, houses have
started to get equipped with
assistants such as Alexa or Google
Home. Connected objects are a part
of our everyday life now. Lets
just hope they don't turn evil
like in the story!
SMART HOMES
SMART HOMES
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

8. The popular family cartoon 'The
Jetsons' aired in the early
1960s. Calls on the show were
always exclusively on video, long
before video calling was on the
radar of the general public!
VIDEO CALL
VIDEO CALL
THE JETSONS
THE JETSONS

9. K.I.T.T., the supercomputer-powered
car in the 1980s TV show 'Knight
Rider', was voice-activated,
autonomous and equipped with advanced
surveillance technology, that helped
it detect nearby obstacles. Companies
such as Google and Tesla have been
testing similar technology.
AUTONOMOUS CARS
AUTONOMOUS CARS
KNIGHTRIDER TV SERIES
KNIGHTRIDER TV SERIES

10. Star Trek's communicators look
and function a lot like cell
phones. In fact, Martin Cooper,
the inventor of the first mobile
phone, even admitted that he took
inspiration from Star Trek for
his innovation!
MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE PHONES
STAR TREK
STAR TREK

11. In Jules Verne's novel, 'Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea', he
imagined a great underwater ship
powered by electricity. The novel
inspired American inventor Simon
Lake to build his own submarine
ELECTRIC SUBMARINE
ELECTRIC SUBMARINE
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES
UNDER THE SEA
UNDER THE SEA

12. Innovate Today, Inspire Tomorrow