TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sagan,Nick
AU  - Walker,Andy
AU  - Frary,Mark
TI  - Future proof : : the greatest gadgets and gizmos ever imagined 
SN  - 9781848310049 (pbk.)
AV  - PN 55 S129f 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Thriplow, Cambridge
PB  - Icon Books
KW  - Inventions in literature
KW  - Inventos en la literatura
KW  - Technology in literature
KW  - Tecnología en la literatura
KW  - Science in literature
KW  - Ciencia en la literatura
KW  - Technology in motion pictures
KW  - Science in motion pictures
KW  - Ciencia en el cine
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Innovaciones tecnológicas
N1  - 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)
N2  - 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
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