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Ray Bradbury Predictions Fulfilled Sixty years ago, the great science fiction author predicted the appearance of various devices, which have now become commonplace Bradbury's predictions Real equivalents SHORT STORY THE VELDT 1950 1950 VIRTUAL REALITY ROOM The walls were blank and two dimensional. Now, as George and Lydia Hadley stood in the center of the room, the walls began to purr and recede into crystalline distance, it seemed, and presently an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions, on all sides, in color reproduced to the final pebble and bit of straw... SPY SATELLITES, STREET VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 1960s Beginning of common use date AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES 1980s 1960 1960 SHORT STORY "THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS AND OTHER WORKS AUTOMATED HOME The technically impeccable home continues to care for its owners even after they have been killed in a nuclear war CELL PHONE 1983 SHORT STORY THE MURDERER WRIST RADIO "When it wasn't music, it was inter-office communications. and my horror chambers of a radio wrist watch on which my 1970 1970 ds and my wife phoned EAR-BUD EARPHONES every five minutes." 1990 NOVEL "FAHRENHEIT 451" SEASHELL RADIOS And in her ears the Little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight. 1980 1980 SMART HOME" CONCEPT »1990s WALL T It'll be even more fun when we can afford to have the fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get the fourth wall torn out and a wall-TV put in? OMNIPRESENT ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE Tonight, this network is proud to have the opportunity to follow the Hound by camera helicopter as it starts on its way to the target... VIRTUAL REALITY ROOM 1990 1990 1992 ROUND THE CLOCK BANK SERVICES LARGE FLAT-SCREEN TVS "Montag walked from the subway with the money in his pocket (he had visited the bank, which was open all night every night with robot tellers in attendance) “ 1997 2000 2000 RIANOVOSTIO 2012 WWW.RIA RU

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MegaX, the Lurker (still follows DIO)

Jun 19, 2012 at 08:47PM EDT

It's really cool how we indirectly matched many things people predicted the future would be like

seriously,the only thing we DON'T have are flying cars and hoverboards.But if Back to the Future 2 has anything to do with it,we'll have them in 3 years!

Fridge

Jun 19, 2012 at 09:02PM EDT

That bit about the fourth wall being torn out takes on a whole different meaning when you think of Pinkie Pie.

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