Science fiction as fact: how desires drive discoveries

Sci-fi helps us think ahead and predicts future technologies, but most importantly it creates debate by asking - what if?

You may not immediately believe it, but future technologies are a lot closer to science fiction than people think.

We often assume that the technologies we use daily come solely from ingenious innovators working in research labs with a mission to solve problems and invent new products. In fact, several of the most pioneering and novel ideas came from people who had little to do with science and technology, but who had the inspiration and talent to imagine future worlds without the constrains of the present moment.