There is unarguably a link between science fiction and science fact. Science fiction writers are usually inspired by real technological and scientific revelations but free themselves to envisage how these technologies might develop and theorize how these developments might impact our future lives.
The work of science fiction writers often becomes the inspiration for the work of real scientists. Whilst the technologies in these science fiction books are rarely directly transformed in to the real world, it has been known to happen at least a few times in history. For example, Jules Verne wrote about submarines and space shuttles way before they were an actual reality or even idea on the drawing board.
Other popular themes for science fiction writers include bionic men, elevators to space and terraforming. Whilst we are a long way off from having a fully bionic being, today we do see bionic limbs being used in medicine and robots being extensively used in certain industries, such as car manufacturing. Terraforming is the idea of being able to shape planets and environments and was originally written as a science fiction concept but now there is real research being conducted which may one day turn this in to science fact.
One of the most popular ideas in science fiction is to make someone, or something, become invisible. Most researchers believe that making a person invisible is unlikely to become a reality, however many do entertain the idea of cloaking. Cloaking would enable an object such as spaceship to be wrapped/cloaked in a coating or fabric that would allow it to become invisible. Whilst the advanced fabrics needed to make this a reality do not currently exist, the idea and theory of the technology is already quite developed and considered plausible.
The work of science fiction writers often becomes the inspiration for the work of real scientists. Whilst the technologies in these science fiction books are rarely directly transformed in to the real world, it has been known to happen at least a few times in history. For example, Jules Verne wrote about submarines and space shuttles way before they were an actual reality or even idea on the drawing board.
Other popular themes for science fiction writers include bionic men, elevators to space and terraforming. Whilst we are a long way off from having a fully bionic being, today we do see bionic limbs being used in medicine and robots being extensively used in certain industries, such as car manufacturing. Terraforming is the idea of being able to shape planets and environments and was originally written as a science fiction concept but now there is real research being conducted which may one day turn this in to science fact.
One of the most popular ideas in science fiction is to make someone, or something, become invisible. Most researchers believe that making a person invisible is unlikely to become a reality, however many do entertain the idea of cloaking. Cloaking would enable an object such as spaceship to be wrapped/cloaked in a coating or fabric that would allow it to become invisible. Whilst the advanced fabrics needed to make this a reality do not currently exist, the idea and theory of the technology is already quite developed and considered plausible.