Subj : Re: Technology
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Sat Mar 07 2020 19:50:00

-=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 03-05-20  06:35 <=-

 NB>> I'm sure that they do get ideas from sci-fi... remember Dick Tracy's
 NB>> communicator watch....? 

 JM> I see Star Trek's communicator as an early idea for cell phones.

That, too... :)  Or at least walkie-talkies.... ;)

 JM> I don't watch much sci-fi but do get a chuckle out of space movies
 JM> from the '50s and their idea of the future.  
 JM> Things like landing on some alien planet that has an atmosphere just
 JM> like earth.

Just overly optimistic back then.... ;)

 JM> Or some barren planet where people live a primitive life
 JM> underground, but are far advanced in science.
 JM> I always wonder how they grow crops, make clothing, etc since
 JM> everything around them are rocks. :)

They just don't show the underground growing areas with artificial light
and super-advanced hydroponics... ;)  And don't tell the back story as
to how they ended up everything underground.... ;)

 JM> Then there are the movies where people are sent to some planet
 JM> instead of robots, landers, etc first.

But, but.... robots and landers hadn't been thought of yet.... <G>

ttyl      neb

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