Future proof : the greatest gadgets and gizmos ever imagined /
Sagan, Nick 1970-
Future proof : the greatest gadgets and gizmos ever imagined / Nick Sagan with Andy Walker and Mark Frary. - Thriplow, Cambridge : Icon Books, 2008. - 160 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction
1. Travel and transportation (Jetpack ; Flying car ; Teleportation and transporters ; Warp drives and antimatter engines ; Spaceships and shuttles ; Space tourism ; Terraforming ; Maglev trains ;Time travel ; Wormholes)
2. Computers, cyborgs and robots (Artificial intelligence ; Robot pets ; Humanoids and artificial people ; Entertainment systems ; AI marketing ; Pocket computers ; Robot helper ; Wetware and neurochips ; Cybernetics ; Cyborgs)
3. Communications (Communicators and mobile phones ; Videophones ; Eyephones ; Electronic books and paper ; Language translators ; Hypnopaedia ; Virtual conferencing ; Watch gadgets ; Wireless access points ; Future Internet) 4. Weapons and security (Retinal screening ; Biochips and artificial implants ; Probes and sensors ; Invisibility and cloaking ; Force fields and shields ; Hacking and malware ; Spy cans and surveillance ; Tracking devices ; Biological and chemical warfare ; Future weapons)
5. Life, health and sex (Telemedicine ; Bionic body parts ; Sick bay ; Cloning ; Mind control ; Genetic engineering ; Virtual sex and future sex toys ; Future clothing ; Future food ; Cryonics)
This title charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most poplar science-fiction inventions. It is essential reading for the technology addict or SF film fan. Detailing the history, the reality and the tech spec of 50 of science fiction's most brilliant crime-fighting, space-travelling, remote controlled, light speed, artificially intelligent inventions, "Future Proof" is required reading for anyone who knows their wormhole from their black holes...It features: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, "2001's" artificial intelligence, "Lost in Space's" remote controlled robots, "Vanilla Sky's" Cryonics, "Star Wars'" Warp Drives, "Back to the Future's" time travel, "Total Recall's" Terraforming, "Doctor Who's" robot pets, "Galactic Patrol's" Cybernetics, "A Fall of Moondust's" space tourism, "Stargate's" wormholes and "Brave New World's" Hypnopedia
9781848310049 (pbk.) 1848310048 (pbk.)
GBA869352 bnb
014622147 Uk
Inventions in literature.
Inventos en la literatura
Technology in literature.
Tecnología en la literatura
Science in literature.
Ciencia en la literatura
Technology in motion pictures.
Science in motion pictures.
Ciencia en el cine
Technological innovations.
Innovaciones tecnológicas
PN 55 / S129f 2008
Future proof : the greatest gadgets and gizmos ever imagined / Nick Sagan with Andy Walker and Mark Frary. - Thriplow, Cambridge : Icon Books, 2008. - 160 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction
1. Travel and transportation (Jetpack ; Flying car ; Teleportation and transporters ; Warp drives and antimatter engines ; Spaceships and shuttles ; Space tourism ; Terraforming ; Maglev trains ;Time travel ; Wormholes)
2. Computers, cyborgs and robots (Artificial intelligence ; Robot pets ; Humanoids and artificial people ; Entertainment systems ; AI marketing ; Pocket computers ; Robot helper ; Wetware and neurochips ; Cybernetics ; Cyborgs)
3. Communications (Communicators and mobile phones ; Videophones ; Eyephones ; Electronic books and paper ; Language translators ; Hypnopaedia ; Virtual conferencing ; Watch gadgets ; Wireless access points ; Future Internet) 4. Weapons and security (Retinal screening ; Biochips and artificial implants ; Probes and sensors ; Invisibility and cloaking ; Force fields and shields ; Hacking and malware ; Spy cans and surveillance ; Tracking devices ; Biological and chemical warfare ; Future weapons)
5. Life, health and sex (Telemedicine ; Bionic body parts ; Sick bay ; Cloning ; Mind control ; Genetic engineering ; Virtual sex and future sex toys ; Future clothing ; Future food ; Cryonics)
This title charts from prototype to realization the real-life technical evolution of 50 of the most poplar science-fiction inventions. It is essential reading for the technology addict or SF film fan. Detailing the history, the reality and the tech spec of 50 of science fiction's most brilliant crime-fighting, space-travelling, remote controlled, light speed, artificially intelligent inventions, "Future Proof" is required reading for anyone who knows their wormhole from their black holes...It features: "Buck Rogers'" jetpack, "Jetsons" - Flying cars, "Star Trek's" transporters, "The Six Million-Dollar Man's" cyborg, "Sleeper's" Orgasmatron, "2001's" artificial intelligence, "Lost in Space's" remote controlled robots, "Vanilla Sky's" Cryonics, "Star Wars'" Warp Drives, "Back to the Future's" time travel, "Total Recall's" Terraforming, "Doctor Who's" robot pets, "Galactic Patrol's" Cybernetics, "A Fall of Moondust's" space tourism, "Stargate's" wormholes and "Brave New World's" Hypnopedia
9781848310049 (pbk.) 1848310048 (pbk.)
GBA869352 bnb
014622147 Uk
Inventions in literature.
Inventos en la literatura
Technology in literature.
Tecnología en la literatura
Science in literature.
Ciencia en la literatura
Technology in motion pictures.
Science in motion pictures.
Ciencia en el cine
Technological innovations.
Innovaciones tecnológicas
PN 55 / S129f 2008