Cloning technology, interplanetary spacecraft, wearables of all kinds… many of these scientific wonders, once dreamed up as reality in fantasy books and silver screens, are making headlines or at least becoming reality.
The enlightened fantasies of writers and filmmakers have given us amazing innovations that once seemed unattainable, before science itself.let’s remember A legendary film staple that foresaw technological progress ahead of their time.
big city (1927) and video call
The invention of cinema dates back to 1895. Not long after, the trailblazing genius began to spread his cinematic creativity, adding his sci-fi flavor to their work.
In 1927, German expressionist Fritz Lang imagined a 21st-century futuristic city filled with untapped technology for film. big city. In this film, the working class, destined to live in an underground ghetto by the wealthy, are urged by robots to confront their dark fate. Maschinenmensch.this picture Showing the origins of sci-fi in cinema.
Beyond the ethical and social backstory it raises, Lang’s big city Predict streaming video callsIn other words, Skype or WhatsApp calls, almost a century ahead of their time. We’re so used to these breakthroughs that they seem like they’ll last forever. But it wasn’t.
Furthermore, in the Metropolis showcase, Computer, another machine that produces energy, android, human cloning, air Transportation facilities…a number of innovations that will eventually be implemented in modern society.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1981, 2005) and Wikipedia
This Hollywood sci-fi movie Originally developed as a TV series in 1981.and the show Based on the 1979 novel by Douglas Adams. It is a humorous and absurd story about the adventures of Arthur Dent who knew it. Earth is about to be destroyed by alien construction workers To build an intergalactic highway.
This movie guide is an object that contains all the knowledge and wisdom that the inhabitants of the universe need. “Listen, if you’re going to survive here, you’ve got to know where your towel is.”, this is his one of the most popular rules that has led to the annual celebration. towel day on May 25th. Housed inside a metal book with a large screen, search queries are voice-triggered. ring the bell? In fact, this universal database, conceived before the 1980s, The closest analogy to 21st century Wikipedia and internet search engines.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Tablets, to name just one
Stanley Kubrick was one of those visionary filmmakers who could foresee in his pictures the technical innovations so familiar to us today. 2001: A Space Odyssey It was truly a cinematic revolution. It seems almost impossible that it premiered in 1968.
In this film you will find many innovative proposals presented with amazing scientific coherence. interstellar voyage.However, there is an object that I noticed for the first time in this movie, which you probably have at home or are using to read this article right now, that is Tablet. Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke’s approach was so prescient, in fact, that Samsung capitalized on it: Legal arguments to protect yourself from plagiarism claims by Apple, About device design.
minority report (2002) and Eye Recognition Technology
we couldn’t leave minority report off this list. If you haven’t seen the film yet, watching it now may not move you as much as it did at the time. Because despite the futuristic technology featured in the film, some of it is surprisingly already implemented or in the prototype stage. Ready for marketing.
among them, face and eye recognition technologya feature now found in some mobile phones to unlock screens that until recently seemed impossible.
back to the future 2 (1989) and wearables
We’d love to cite this film as a predictor of current time travel technology, but we’ll have to wait and see. But the story has inspired an entire generation not only with its beauty, comedic flavor, iconic devices such as the legendary DeLorean, and great storytelling, but also with its technology-related predictions.
Who doesn’t remember the McFly kids wearing them to dinner? virtual reality glasses, Are they more than 20 years ahead of Google’s Glass and Samsung’s VR models?
sauce: future explorationde juan escaliter, ciencia o fiction, memo