Today:ASciFiMovie

Did you ever get Déjà vu while watching pretty old sci-fi movies? Well, most of our tech today ARE inspired from the weird world of futuristic films. 

 

Take a peek on these movies that the younger version of our parents and grandparents used to watch and see how much of these are actually close to our present reality.

 

Movie: Metropolis (1927)

Predicted Tech: Android

*And by Android, I meant humanoid robots* Directed by Fritz Lang, the film depicted our present-day robots in a somewhat eerie way. Though our robots don't look as pretty as Maria, we are getting there.

Movie: Woman in the Moon (1929)

Predicted Tech: Space Travel

Another Fritz Lang masterpiece, Woman in the Moon predicted space travel.
... and man didn't even get there until 1969. Whoah, bro! 

Movie: Back to the Future II (1989)

Predicted Tech: Wearable Computers

My father said he used to love this movie. Then he's got plenty of reasons to love the world now, cause we now have Marty's smart eyewear that's a lot closer to Oculus Rift and Google Glass technical features... only bigger.

Movie: Total Recall (1990)

Predicted Tech: Autonomous Cars

The film shows a lot of virtual reality, but what really stood out were the Johnny Cabs which is a lot like Google's driverless cars. In fact there are now three states where self-driven cars are legal for testing purposes.

Movie: Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)

Predicted Tech: Smartphones 

The Tricorder in Star Trek is a handheld device that records and analyzes data, and is used for sensor scanning... Which are basic smartphone features. Doesn't look like it though, but with a lot of apps available for the modern smartphone, the Tricorder's like a bulky representation.

Movie: Minority Report (2002)

Predicted Tech: Touch and Gesture Interface

Smartphones, IPads, tablets, touch screen monitors, etc. etc.... Do I really have to make this CLEAR TO YOU PEOPLE? Come on it's like the most common thing in life now.

Movie: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Predicted Tech: Siri; Skype; Tablet Computer

Stanley Kubrick made a lot of close predictions, that it makes you wonder if he is a time traveler disguised as a sci fi director.

His Hal 9000 made the most iconic phrase for robot evilness: "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that," Siri can also converse with iPhone users like so...but hopefully, she won't turn out as evil.

Also, the video phone looks curiously Skype-like, and the tablet computer bears a lot of resemblance to our common tablets today.

... uncanny...

Movie: Sleeper (1973)

Predicted Tech: Robot Assisted Surgery

It's not uncommon today for doctors to use remote- controlled robots to assist in surgery. But to have it seen in movies WAY before things like these were invented is pretty weird.

Movie: Blade Runner (1982)

Predicted Tech: Digital Billboards

At that time, billboards are far from the huge, bright, common city screens we see nowadays. 




While most of the movie tech featured here does not look as close as our modern-day gadgets, the features are guaranteed to be very similar.

Some are quite close predictions that it makes me wonder if TODAY'S sci fi movies might dictate what we will have TOMORROW.

Well, I guess we will have to find out. Maybe someday, we will be bragging to our kids about what we have now.