Striking predictions that were made many years ahead of their reality.
When science fiction becomes a reality
The creativity of human beings and their ability to solve problems have been the basis of the evolution of the species. Human intelligence has been able to create inventions that have made it possible to do things with less and less effort.
From the invention of tools for hunting or preparing food, to the development of artificial intelligence, human beings have been creating technological advances that have led us to our present world.
Creativity is a unique quality of humans that has allowed them to first imagine new worlds and then find ways to make them a reality.
And we are not only talking about inventions or technological advances, creativity is also behind great works of literature, movies or television series.
In this sense, many have written novels or filmed movies anticipating the future, predicting technological advances that have already become reality.
Let’s review some of the most striking predictions that were made many years ahead of their reality.
One of the most outstanding is this comic strip published in the Daily Mirror of England, in January 1923.
In relation to the cell phone, the unquestionable star of our current life, its “invention” is usually attributed to the Strak Trek series, which served as inspiration for the first model of cell phone designed by Motorola in 1973. However, this series dates back to 1966, after the aforementioned news item. It is often said that ideas flow freely, so we do not know if both predictions occurred simultaneously or if one inspired the other.
Cell phones, especially smart ones, can be claimed as one of the greatest technological breakthroughs of mankind. Everything that this technology has made possible in terms of communication and personal freedom was first imagined and then made a reality.
Just by remembering what our lives were like only 25 years ago, we can understand how disruptive the invention of the mobile first and then the smartphone has been.
This is the spirit that Alaian wants to set in motion: to find disruptive technologies that will completely change our way of life for the better.



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