03760cam a2200493 a 4500 77993 BJBSDDR 20240619155649.0 ta 080421s2008 enka 001 0 eng GBA869352 bnb 014622147 Uk 9781848310049 (pbk.) 1848310048 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn228582139 (OCoLC)228582139 (OCoLC)225871661 (OCoLC)231589235 UKM UKM YDXCP BTCTA CUS eng eng ukblcatcopy GRAL PN 55 S129f 2008 Sagan, Nick (Nicholas Julian), 1970- 36690 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 Inventions in literature. Inventos en la literatura 36692 Technology in literature. Tecnología en la literatura 36693 Science in literature. Ciencia en la literatura 3084 Technology in motion pictures. Science in motion pictures. Ciencia en el cine 2014 Technological innovations. Innovaciones tecnológicas 6528 Walker, Andy 36694 Frary, Mark 36695 lcc BK lh 80299 80299 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 PN 55 S129f 2008 00000070887 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 BK