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Item 186: Back to the future

Entered by sj2 on Fri Aug 29 21:39:59 2003:

Post items, objects, technologies you've seen in sci-fi movies twenty 
years back (not the latest sci-fi movies) but aren't available off-
shelf or aren't being actively researched.

From "Star trek" - the teleportation station.
From "Back to the future - Part ??" - Flying cars
8 responses total.
#1 of 8 by mcnally on Fri Aug 29 22:14:17 2003:

  I'd nominate the Orgasmatron from "Sleeper" except I'm sure that someone
  somewhere *is* actively researching it..

#2 of 8 by cross on Fri Aug 29 22:33:57 2003:

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#3 of 8 by cmcgee on Fri Aug 29 23:10:22 2003:

The dream actualizer in "The Lathe of the Gods" (or something like that).

#4 of 8 by tod on Fri Aug 29 23:26:35 2003:

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#5 of 8 by mcnally on Sat Aug 30 01:30:43 2003:

  or, if one prefers, Soylent Green..

#6 of 8 by rcurl on Sat Aug 30 05:27:22 2003:

The teleporters aren't even teleporting beams of light yet - just quantum
states.

#7 of 8 by oval on Sat Aug 30 14:20:12 2003:

the child's dream-stealer from City of Lost Children

#8 of 8 by tod on Sat Aug 30 20:11:48 2003:

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