In this festive edition of Global Infusions, the Toms pore over the enduring real-world influence of science fiction on technology, finding the seeds of the metaverse in Star Trek and Snow Crash, precursors to the iPad and AirPods in 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and inspiration for a modular prosthetic arm called LUKE from…well you probably know where.
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