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"Real-world technology is often foretold by science fiction. In 1927,
characters in the film
Metropolis made video calls to each other.
Star Trek
creator Gene Roddenberry hung flat-screen colour monitors on the walls of the
Enterprise decades before we did the same in our living rooms.
The most obvious examples of technology in science fiction tend to focus on
artificial intelligence, communication and transport. But futuristic chemistry
is embraced by sci-fi writers too. For example, a central feature of Aldous
Huxley’s 1932 novel
Brave New World is a chemical antidepressant.
In recent years we’ve seen incredible leaps in chemical technologies – to the
point where, as a chemist, I’m frequently reminded of some of my favourite
fiction while reading about the latest big developments."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
