Gareth Davies is known as ShaolinTiger and runs personal and infosec blogs. He founded shutterasia.com and security-forums.com communities. He cites works of science fiction from 1968, 1911, and 1983 that predicted technologies like the iPad, video chat, and themes in the movie Wargames. Davies believes science fiction shapes the future by introducing ideas that then get developed into reality over time.

1. Gareth Davies AKA ShaolinTiger webcamp:five – 25/5/2011

2. Me and Blogging Personal Blog at http://www.shaolintiger.com Infosec Blog at http://www.darknet.org.uk Me and Communities Founder of http://www.shutterasia.com Founder of http://www.security-forums.com

3. 1984 1992

4. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke – way back in 1968 he wrote about the iPad – he called it the Newspad. Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback – way back in 1911 he wrote about video chat. Skype was founded in 2003. Countless others like the moon landing, automatic doors, VR games, test tube babies, submarines, CCTV etc.

5. 1980s Virtual Reality

6. “ Science Fiction Doesn't Predict the Future, It Shapes It “

7. Wargames - 1983

8. Touch Interfaces Augmented Reality Hyper connectivity Overload of Information Faster Internet VoIP & IPTV Distributed Systems Data Portability Mobile Apps 1956 - 2002

9. 2003

10. 2009

11. More Integration Smarter Smart Homes IPV6 – Everything will have an IP address Hyper realistic gaming More immersive entertainment More social networks/collaboration spaces More cloud platforms New input/control methods ala Minority Report

12. Catch me online on Twitter @ShaolinTiger Questions?