Name: How does science fiction influence the real world? | The Economist
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he used a pocket-sized device
to communicate with his crew.

Martin Cooper, the man who
invented the mobile phone,

says the show was the
inspiration for his idea,

is building rockets that
he hopes will one day

Submarines, helicopters,
rockets, and touch screens

It also provides a way to
explore the moral dilemmas

Paul McAuley is a scientist
turned science fiction writer.

All science fiction is
basically about is presence,

so it's about a heightened
version of the present.

It's about anticipating where
technology is going to go

and it's about our fears of
where technology is going to go

and what uses or misuses we
might make of that technology.

Techno world, do you
need to buy a suitcase?

Ridley Scott's 1982 cult
classic Blade Runner.

where synthetic human
workers are bio engineered

In London, fans are
arriving for a Blade Runner

Secret Cinema is a multilayer
physical experience.

you literally buy a ticket,
you become a character,

and you become part of an
interactive theatrical experience.

I think the science fiction
genre allows us to dream

We've taken the inspiration
from Blade Runner

The film explores the ethical implications

that have thoughts,
feelings, and emotions.

My wife's just back from
a convention about AI,

A lot of the AI people think
about what would happen

and what they'd do to us
and that's one of the things

Ready Player One, explores
another emerging technology,

The film imagines a future
where overpopulation,

pollution, and climate change have forced

most people to live in
sprawling, slum-like cities.

Young people escape the
desolation by living much

between the virtual
world shown in the film

and the capabilities of
current VR technology,

the idea that young people can get hooked

on virtual fantasies is
a long-standing concern.

So writers and film
directors enlist the help of

Syd Mead designed the look
of some of Hollywood's

Blade Runner, Star Trek The
Motion Picture, and Aliens.

In the real world, he's
designed cars for Ford

People always say that my stuff looks real

When they opened, they
looked absolutely real

for people to be in for
long duration space travel.

I was hired to design the
vehicles for Blade Runner.

It's overlaying the
familiar with the weird

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