TECH TUESDAY: BUILD A PC


HOW STUFF WORKS: OPERATING SYSTEMS

TOP TEN TECH INSPRIED BY SCI-FI
(via eclecticism)

THE GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE: Arthur C. Clarke
THE COMPUTER WORM: John Brunner
ORGANLEGGING: Larry Niven
THE WALDO: Robert A. Heinlein
GYRO-STABILIZED PERSONAL CONVEYANCE: Robert A. Heinlein (think the Segway)
THE WATERBED: Robert A. Heinlein
HOME THEATER & WALL-MOUNTED TV: Ray Bradbury
THE FLIP-PHONE: Gene Roddenberry et al.
THE TASER: ”Victor Appleton“
MULTI-USER DOMAINS IN CYBERSPACE: Vernor Vinge

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