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The Launch Pad Is For Loading And Unloading Only : Technologies Inspired by Science Fiction

The Launch Pad Is For Loading And Unloading Only : Technologies Inspired by Science Fiction

Update: 2024-07-11

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Kovi and Benjamin get all wibbly-wobbly as they talk about the timey-wimey scifi gadgets in scifi films and shows. Independence Day, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. We don't have a sonic screwdriver just yet - but we're getting there, the HAL 900 was, basically, Siri and AI all wrapped up with a thirst for murder, and that goodness our phones can translate just about anything without the need of squeezing a Babel fish in our ears.

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The Launch Pad Is For Loading And Unloading Only : Technologies Inspired by Science Fiction

The Launch Pad Is For Loading And Unloading Only : Technologies Inspired by Science Fiction