tenoko1:

kaylapocalypse:

mugasofer:

Return from the Stars, by Stanislaw Lem, published 1961.

this is wild

Sci-fi and fiction have long since been the inspiration for technology that did not exist. Like automatic doors inspired by Star Trek. Devices like the kindle and tablets have been portrayed not only in books, but also in TV shows and anime for decades before the Kindle or tablet ever existed.

Progress starts with an idea.

also inventors and scientists are giant nerds