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Technology that once seemed fanciful is now commonplace. In 1945, Arthur C. Clarke championed the idea of satellites in a geostationary orbit being used for communication. At the close of the Second World War, such an idea seemed absurd, bordering on outlandish. Now, geosynchronous satellites are the mainstay of concepts like GPS.
In the 1960s, the crew of the Starship Enterprise used handheld communicators to talk to orbiting spacecraft. Star Trek also introduced us to the idea of noninvasive body scans. These days, we have cell phones and MRIs.
The Taser used by law enforcement is an acronym formed from the science fiction novel in which it first appeared—...
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“My voice recognition software suggests you are not authorized for that action. But good news! Crew members who are not currently wearing Version 1.0 of the Dynamic Universal Brain Modulator can contact Crew Services to have units inserted free of charge into each article of clothing so that I may enhance your mood and ability to follow orders blindly. Good day.” It turned itself off.
“No reason to diss corporations, I’m employed by one of the biggest. Megalodon isn’t such a bad place to work. We get thirty-five minutes for lunch. Forty, once you hit five years of service—plus they give you a gold-plated lapel pin and a coffee shop gift card!”
