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Monday 4 July 2016

INFOGRAPHIC: 10 SCI-FI VEHICLES THAT HAVE BLAZED A TRAIL FOR REAL LIFE TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY


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Sci-fi & The Future of Transport
By
We Buy Any Car, 2 July 2016.

The future is now! In our latest infographic we take a look at 10 transport technologies that were predicted in literature and film over the years.

Looking back as far as 1888, our infographic showcases some truly uncanny predictions, from high-speed bullet trains to domestic jetpacks! By exploring the creations of these authors and filmmakers, we can see spookily-similar equivalents in today’s existing and soon-to-be-released transportation technologies.

One of the biggest questions has to be, would all of these technologies exist in reality today without inspiration from these works of fiction?


Infographic Sources:
1.
1968 Science Fiction is Today's Reality
2. "An Express of the Future" by Michel Verne (1888)
3. It works (sorta)! Model of Elon Musk's super-fast Hyperloop goes from 0-116mph in TWO SECONDS in ground-breaking test
4. Futurists Were Right: 10 Predictions Made By Sci-Fi Writers That Came True
5. Google to create self driving taxi firm to take on Uber: Autonomous car division to become separate firm next year
6. Space Tourism Is Here! Wealthy Adventurers Wanted
7. Taxi of tomorrow: The space-age pods with no driver, no fumes...just a 'start' button
8. Flying cars are just TWO years away: Terrafugia claims its TF-X will be ready to take to the skies by 2018
9. The Hendo Hoverboard
10. The Weird 1969 New Wave Sci-Fi Novel that Correctly Predicted the Current Day
11. Toyota is investigating cars that hover above the road

[Post Source: We Buy Any Car.]

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