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Title: The sci-fi effect on high tech - CNet News Post by: Stephen Taylor on July 18, 2007, 04:30:36 AM The sci-fi effect on high tech - CNet News
In the technology world, entrepreneurs are the stars. Everyone knows who Larry Page and Sergey Brin are. Dean Kamen is nearly as well known as his Segway. And as big as Apple is, Steve Jobs seems to tower over the company he co-founded with Steve Wozniak. But before--sometimes long before--many modern technologies came to be realities, science fiction and fantasy writers imagined them, painting pictures for their readers of futuristic worlds, devices, technologies and even new sciences. Read More.. (http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6195195.html?tag=nefd.top) |