27 SCIENCE FICTIONS THAT BECAME SCIENCE FACTS

27 Science Fictions That Became Science FactsThis was an interesting article. I was impressed with some of the technological breakthroughs! The artificial skin and the self driving cars were the most amazing.1. Quadriplegic Uses Her Mind to Control Her Robotic Arm2. DARPA Robot Can Traverse an Obstacle Course3. Genetically Modified Silk Is Stronger Than Steel4. DNA Was Photographed for the First Time5. Invisibility Cloak Technology Took a Huge Leap Forward6. Spray-On Skin7. James Cameron Reached the Deepest Known Point in the Ocean8. Stem Cells Could Extend Human Life by Over 100 Years9. 3-D Printer Creates Full-Size Houses in One Session10. Self-Driving Cars Are Legal in Nevada, Florida, and CaliforniaAnd 17 more!!Edited by Phat, : No reason given.

That list is pretty anemic.How about landing on the moon? Or space travel itself.The list of what SF imagined has become our present, and will be our future.The main thing that SF in the past has taught is that a large part of our future depends on technology, and that its a hopeful future.A lot of fiction, and real life now-a-days teaches the exact opposite."Only one earth" is a prime example, just as we're on the verge of expanding into the rest of the universe. Bah!

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"Only one earth" is a prime example, just as we're on the verge of expanding into the rest of the universe. Bah!

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I couldn't agree more, but it is no excuse to force ourselves into a pigsty. Even pigs, given a choice, don't want that.Edited by anglagard, : semicolon where apostrophe needed, time to add light bulbs.

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...we're on the verge of expanding into the rest of the universe.

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It will take another hundred years just to get to the nearest star.

That's way too optimistic in my opinion. And is there any point in going to Alpha Centauri? It's a binary star. Seems unlikely that there is anyplace to even land.EditMy bad. Alpha Centauri is not the closest star. There is an invisible red dwarf star near it that is slightly closer. Still not worth a human visit.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

The red dwarf star is Proxima Centauri, which orbits Alpha Centauri - which makes the system trinary rather than binary. There are more likely candidates for planets which could sustain life, such as Epsilon Indi, but they are a bit more than 10 light years away at best.In the meantime, one could theoretically terraform Mars by altering cometary orbits, shade Venus and create biotech that eats carbon dioxide, or colonize Ganymede and Callisto, just to start, using nuclear power - preferably fusion given how icy they are - for heat and energy.Small steps first, larger ones are not impossible, just won't happen for awhile.