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This list of existing technologies predicted in science fiction includes every medium, mainly literature and film. In 1964 Soviet engineer and writer Genrikh Altshuller made the first attempt to catalogue science fiction technologies of the time.

Alongside first prediction of a particular technology, the list may include all subsequent works mentioning it until its invention. The list includes technologies that were first posited in non-fiction works before their appearance in science fiction and subsequent invention, such as ion thruster. To avoid repetitions, the list excludes film adaptations of prior literature containing the same predictions, such as "The Minority Report". The list also excludes emerging technologies that are not widely available. The titles of non-English works are given in English. The names of some modern inventions (atomic bomb, credit card, robot, space station and borazon) exactly match their fictional predecessors. A few works correctly predicted the years when some technologies would emerge, such as the first sustained heavier-than-air aircraft flight in 1903 and the first atomic bomb explosion in 1945.

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Literature

Work Author(s) Publication year Predicted technology Name(s) in the work
Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon Template:Sortname 1657 Space rocket<ref>book | editor=Gary Westfahl| title =The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders| publisher =Greenwood Publishing Group| year =2005| page =677| isbn =0313329524}}</ref> Machine
The Blazing World Template:Sortname 1666 Submarine<ref>web | url =https://www.bustle.com/articles/161593-12-sci-fi-books-that-actually-predicted-the-future|title=12 Sci-Fi Books That Actually Predicted The Future|work=Bustle| date=24 May 2016| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Ships that could swim under water
Giphantie Template:Sortname 1761 Photography<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Unnamed, descriptive
Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn 1820 Jet engine<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Unnamed, descriptive
Probable Tall Tales Template:Sortname 1824 Aviation, printer,<ref>web | url =https://www.culture.ru/materials/255834/pervye-russkie-fantasty-i-ikh-idei|title=Первые русские фантасты и их идеи|publisher=Culture.ru| language=Russian| accessdate =23 July 2022}}</ref> Kingston valveTemplate:Efn</ref>). These are excluded from the list.}} Aerial stagecoaches (for aviation), writing machines (for printers), openings with valves for letting water into a special bulkhead in the hold (for Kingston valves)
The United Worlds, a Poem, in Fifty Seven Books Template:Sortname 1834 Android<ref>web | url =https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/androids|title=Androids|work=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction| date=| accessdate =31 July 2022}}</ref> Androides
The Year 4338: Petersburg Letters Template:Sortname 1835 Rapid transit (subway),<ref name="eksmo">web | url =https://eksmo.ru/articles/5-izobreteniy-predskazannykh-v-literature-ID15498155/|title=5 изобретений, предсказанных в литературе|publisher=Eksmo|language=Russian| date=28 June 2019| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> electric multiple unit, aviation Electric carriage (for electric multiple unit), galvanic flying machine (for aviation)
The Air Battle; A Vision of the Future Template:Sortname 1859 Remote control devices<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
From the Earth to the Moon Template:Sortname 1865 Solar sail, splashdown<ref name="natgeo"/> Both unnamed, descriptive
The Brick Moon Template:Sortname 1869 Space station<ref name="popsci">web | url =https://www.popsci.com/predictions-sci-fi-writers-got-right/|title=7 science fiction inventions that became reality|work=Popular Science| date=| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Brick moon
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Template:Sortname 1870 Electric submarine, gas-discharge lamp,<ref>web | url =https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/nauchnaya-fantastika-i-nauchnoe-predvidenie/pdf|title=Научная фантастика и научное предвидение|author=Цветков Е.В. |publisher=CyberLeninka|language=Russian| date=| accessdate =27 July 2022}}</ref> taser<ref name="natgeo"/> Submarine Nautilus, Ruhmkorff apparatus, gun
"The Great Electric Diaphragm. Some Account of the Telegraphic System of the Baron O---" Template:Sortname 1879 Radio<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"The Senator's Daughter" Template:Sortname 1879 Electric heating Thermo-electrode
Mizora Template:Sortname 1880 Synthetic meat<ref name="popsci"/> Chemically prepared meat
Robur the Conqueror Template:Sortname 1886 Autogyro, helicopter<ref name="aif">web | url =https://aif.by/social/science/skazka_stala_bylyu_kakie_sovremennye_yavleniya_byli_predskazany_fantastami|title=Сказка стала былью. Какие современные явления были предсказаны фантастами|work=Argumenty i Fakty| language=Russian| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Flying engine Albatross
Looking Backward Template:Sortname 1888 Credit card and debit card<ref name="bi">web | url =https://www.businessinsider.com/books-predicted-future-sci-fi-2018-11 |title=These 15 sci-fi books actually predicted the future|work=Business Insider| date=8 November 2018| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Credit card
"In the Year 2889" Template:Sortname or Template:Sortname 1889 News broadcasting, videotelephony<ref name="natgeo">web | url =https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/110208-jules-verne-google-doodle-183rd-birthday-anniversary|title=8 Jules Verne Inventions That Came True (Pictures)|work=National Geographic| date=| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Phonotelephote (for videotelephony)
Electric Life Template:Sortname 1891 Television, videotelephony, aviation, biological weapons, miniskirt<ref>web | url =https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/albert-robida-la-vie-electrique|title=The Future Imagined in Albert Robida’s La vie électrique (1890) |work=The Public Domain Review| date=| accessdate =31 July 2022}}</ref> Telephonoscope (for television), aeronefs-omnibus (for aviation)
Six Thousand Years Hence Template:Sortname 1891 Machine translation<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"The Great Brown–Pericord Motor" Template:Sortname 1891 Heavier-than-air unmanned aerial vehicle (drone)<ref>book | editor=Nils Clausson| title =Re-examining Arthur Conan Doyle| publisher =Cambridge Scholars Publishing| year =2021| page =96| isbn =1527574091}}</ref> Brown–Pericord Motor
The Angel of the Revolution Template:Sortname 1893 Air-to-surface missile,<ref name="Langford"/> heavier-than-air aircraft flight Missile boring its way through the air for the centre of the fortress, air-ship Ariel
A Journey in Other Worlds Template:Sortname 1894 International telephone network,<ref name="Pfaelzer">book | author=Jean Pfaelzer| title =The Utopian Novel in America, 1886–1896: The Politics of Form| publisher =University of Pittsburgh Press| year =1985| page =109| isbn =0822974428}}</ref> videotelephony, hidden camera,<ref name="Pfaelzer"/> phosphorescent paint,<ref name="Pfaelzer"/> radar speed gun,<ref name="Pfaelzer"/> chemical weapon Descriptive for telephone network, kintograph or visual telegraph for videotelephony, strips of nickel painted white, and showing a bright phosphorescence at night (for phosphorescent paint), asphyxiating bombs containing compressed gas that could be fired from guns or dropped from the air (for chemical weapons)
Propeller Island Template:Sortname 1895 Audiobook
The Crack of Doom Template:Sortname 1895 Atomic bomb<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> or hydrogen bomb<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Disintegrating agent
The Island of Dr. Moreau Template:Sortname 1896 Organ transplantation<ref name="smith">web | url =https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/many-futuristic-predictions-hg-wells-came-true-180960546/|title=The Many Futuristic Predictions of H.G. Wells That Came True|work=Smithsonian| date=21 September 2016| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Unnamed, descriptive
The War of the Worlds Template:Sortname 1898 Laser, chemical weapon Heat-ray (for laser), black and poisonous vapour by means of rockets (for chemical weapon)
When the Sleeper Wakes Template:Sortname 1899 Military aviation,<ref name="rd">web | url =https://www.rd.com/list/books-that-predicted-the-future/|title=10 Books That Predicted the Future|work=Reader's Digest|author=Elizabeth Yuko| date=| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> automatic door<ref name="sr">web | url =https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/science-fiction-future-technology |title=Prediction or influence? Science-fiction books that forecast the future|publisher=Silicon Republic|author=Eva Short| date=5 April 2018| accessdate =24 July 2022}}</ref> Aeroplanes (for military aircraft)
"The Imp of the Telephone" Template:Sortname 1902 Videocassette recorder<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"The Land Ironclads" Template:Sortname 1903 Armoured fighting vehicles,Template:Efn joystick with firing button<ref name="Langford">book | author=David Langford| title =Starcombing| publisher =Wildside Press LLC| year =2009| page =221| isbn =0809573482}}</ref> Land ironclads
"Sultana's Dream" Template:Sortname 1905 Solar power, seasonal thermal energy storage<ref name="popsci"/> Unnamed, descriptive
"With the Night Mail" Template:Sortname 1905 Airmail by airplanes<ref>web | url =https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/22/1000-novels-fiction-fantasy|title=Top 10 trivia: Novels that predicted the future|work=The Guardian| date=| accessdate =25 July 2022}}</ref>
The Last Miracle Template:Sortname 1907 Hologram<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Red Star Template:Sortname 1908 Nuclear engine, automated plant<ref name="Orloff">book | author=Michael A. Orloff| title =Inventive Thinking through TRIZ: A Practical Guide| publisher =Springer Science & Business Media| year =2013| page =252| isbn =3662080133}}</ref> Etheroneph (for nuclear engine)
The War in the Air Template:Sortname 1908 Military aviation Fleet of airships
A Columbus of Space Template:Sortname 1909 Nuclear-powered spaceship<ref name="sfencyc">web | url =https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/nuclear_energy|title=Nuclear Energy|work=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction| accessdate =31 July 2022}}</ref> Atomic balloon
"The Machine Stops" Template:Sortname 1909 Home automation (smart home), television, videotelephony, social media<ref name="rd"/> Cinematophote (for television)
The Emperor of the Air Template:Sortname 1910 Wankel engine<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"He of the Glass Heart" Template:Sortname 1911 Artificial human heart<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Ralph 124C 41+ Template:Sortname 1911 Solar power, television, tape recorder, sound film, videotelephony, radar and spaceflight<ref name="bi"/><ref name="micron"/> Telephot (for videotelephony), actinoscope (for radar)
The Great Aeroplane. A Thrilling Tale of Adventure Template:Sortname 1911 Jet propulsion<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
The World Set Free Template:Sortname 1914 Atomic bomb,<ref name="bi"/> nuclear propulsion<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Atomic bomb, atomic engine
Beyond the Earth Template:Sortname 1920 Artificial gravity,<ref>web | url =https://www.rbth.com/economics/2013/10/08/5_unique_ideas_that_predicted_the_space_age_29981|title=5 unique ideas that predicted the space age|publisher=Russia Beyond| date=8 October 2013| accessdate =23 July 2022}}</ref> lunar rover<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Artificial gravityTemplate:Efn
R.U.R. Template:Sortname 1920 Robots<ref name="micron"/>Template:Efn Robots
"The Devolutionist" Template:Sortname 1921 Artificial human heart<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"The Secret of Artificial Reproduction" Template:Sortname 1921 Cloning<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"Number 87" Template:Sortname 1922 Discovery of francium<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
The Absolute at Large Template:Sortname 1922 Nuclear reactor<ref>web | url =http://scarc.library.oregonstate.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/atomic/art/anticipating/#note3|title=Anticipating the Bomb|publisher=Oregon State University Libraries| date=| accessdate =29 July 2022}}</ref> Karburator
Men Like Gods Template:Sortname 1923 Email, voicemail<ref name="smith"/> Unnamed, descriptive
We Template:Sortname 1924 Interstellar message, specifically Voyager Golden Record<ref name="we">web | url =https://www.culture.ru/materials/254071/chto-predskazal-evgenii-zamyatin|title=Что предсказал Евгений Замятин|publisher=Culture.ru| language=Russian| accessdate =25 July 2022}}</ref>Template:Efn Unnamed, descriptive
Metropolis Template:Sortname 1925 Robots Machines
In a Thousand Years Template:Sortname 1926 Atomic bomb explosion in 1945 (Trinity test)<ref name="Orloff"/> Atomic explosion of 1945
The Garin Death Ray Template:Sortname 1927 Laser<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>Template:Efn</ref> Because of that later mentions of death rays are excluded from this list. Nonetheless, laser cutting exists.}} Hyperboloid
Amphibian Man Template:Sortname 1928 Aqua-Lung<ref name="library">web | url =https://library.vladimir.ru/news/literaturnyj-sf-obzor-nefantasticheskie-fantasty.html|title=Литературный SF-обзор "[Не]Фантастические фантасты"|publisher=Vladimir Oblast Scientific Library| language=Russian| accessdate =25 July 2022}}</ref>Template:Efn Underwater suits with oxygen tanks
The Struggle in Space Template:Sortname 1928 Mobile phone<ref name="soyuz">web | url =https://www.soyuz.ru/articles/1697|title=10 предсказаний писателя-фантаста Александра Беляева|publisher=Soyuz|language=Russian| date=16 March 2019| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Wireless telephone
Electropolis Template:Sortname 1928 Microwave oven,<ref name="migdal">magazine | url =https://www.migdal.org.ua/times/121/26929/|title=«Где идем?» |magazine=Migdal Times| issue=121|language=Russian| accessdate =2 August 2022}}</ref> Global Positioning System (GPS)<ref name="rg">web | url =https://rg.ru/2015/01/23/fantast-site.html|title=Три произведения фантастов, предсказавших появление смартфонов и соцсетей|work=Rossiyskaya Gazeta| language=Russian|date=| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref>
"Evans of the Earth-Guard" Template:Sortname 1930 Vernier thruster Rocket’s side tubes
Paradise and Iron Template:Sortname 1930 Home automation,<ref name="Breuer">web | url =https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55825736-paradise-and-iron|title=Paradise and Iron by Miles J. Breuer|publisher=Goodreads| accessdate =26 July 2022}}</ref> self-driving car<ref name="Breuer"/>
"The Black Star Passes" Template:Sortname 1930 Solar-powered aircraft Solar engine, one that could be placed in the wings of a plane to generate power
"The Message From Space" Template:Sortname 1930 VideotelephonyTemplate:Efn Visiphone
Underwater Farmers Template:Sortname 1930 Diver propulsion vehicle<ref name="soyuz"/>
Brave New World Template:Sortname 1932 4D film Feelies, works of art out of practically nothing but pure sensation
"Pygmalion's Spectacles" Template:Sortname 1935 Smartglasses, virtual reality<ref name="micron">web | url =https://www.micron.com/insight/future-shock-11-real-life-technologies-that-science-fiction-predicted|title=Future Shock: 11 Real-Life Technologies That Science Fiction Predicted|publisher=Micron| date=| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Magic spectacles (for smartglasses)
The Star KETS Template:Sortname 1936 Space station, extravehicular activity, satellite<ref name="rb"/>
"Sugar in the Air" Template:Sortname 1937 Artificial photosynthesis<ref>web | url =https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/invention|title=Invention|work=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction| accessdate =31 July 2022}}</ref>
"Helen O'Loy" Template:Sortname 1938 Domestic robot<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Helen O'Loy
"Blowups Happen" Template:Sortname 1940 Nuclear power plant<ref name="sfencyc"/>
"Coventry" Template:Sortname 1940 Solar vehicle<ref name="chronoton">web | url =http://www.chronoton.ru/tehno/fantasty-predskazately|title=Фантасты предсказывают будущее|publisher=Chronoton| language=Russian| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref> Vehicle with "sunpower screens"
"Solution Unsatisfactory" Template:Sortname 1941 Atomic bomb<ref name="heinlein">web | url =https://www.heinleinbooks.com/single-post/2020/03/12/best-futurists-ever-the-predictions-of-robert-a-heinlein-from-the-cold-war-to-the-waaterb|title=Best futurists ever: The Predictions of Robert A. Heinlein, from the Cold War to the Waterbed|publisher=Heinleinbooks.com| date=| accessdate =1 August 2022}}</ref> U235 in a controlled explosion, a one-ton bomb that would be a whole air raid in itself
"Nerves" Template:Sortname 1942 Widespread nuclear power<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
"Waldo" Template:Sortname 1942Template:Efn Remote manipulator,<ref name="bbc">web | url =https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/10-ways-science-fiction-predicted-future/z6dynrd|title=10 ways science fiction predicted the future|publisher=BBC| date=| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> robot-assisted surgery Waldo F. Jones' Synchronous Reduplicating Pantograph; later in acknowledgment some remote manipulators were dubbed "Waldos".
"Fakaofo Atoll" Template:Sortname 1944 Underwater television<ref name="yefremov"/>
"Shadow of the Past" Template:Sortname 1945 Hologram<ref name="yefremov"/> Light imprint
"A Logic Named Joe" Template:Sortname 1946 Computer,<ref name="visions"/> Internet,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> server<ref name="visions">book | authors=Tom Easton, Judith K. Dial| title =Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True| publisher =Skyhorse| year =2010| page =| isbn =1628730080}}</ref> Logic (for computer), tank (for server)
Space Cadet Template:Sortname 1948 Mobile phone<ref name="cadet">web | url =https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340095857_Robert_Heinlein%27s_Space_Cadet_and_the_Young_Adult_Reader_Understanding_the_Real_World_through_Narrative_Transportation_Approach|title=Robert Heinlein's Space Cadet and the Young Adult Reader: Understanding the Real World through Narrative Transportation Approach|authors=Rasha Ibrahim Maqableh, Aya Akkawi|publisher=ResearchGate|page=92| doi=10.33806/ijaes2000.20.1.5| accessdate =29 July 2022}}</ref>Template:Efn</ref>}}
"The Veldt" Template:Sortname 1950 Home automation (smart home), 4D film, virtual reality Happylife Home (for smart home), odorophonics (for 4D film)
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Template:Sortname 1950 Robotic vacuum cleaner<ref name="visions"/> Small cleaning animals, all rubber and metal
Foundation Template:Sortname 1951 Pocket calculator<ref name="vijg">book | author=Jan Vijg| title =The American Technological Challenge: Stagnation and Decline in the 21st Century| publisher =Algora Publishing| year =2011| page =36| isbn =087586886X}}</ref>
"Rock Diver" Template:Sortname 1951 Helmet-mounted display Oscilloscope screen set inside helmet
"The Pedestrian" Template:Sortname 1951 Self-driving car<ref name="wapo"/> Police car
Islands in the Sky Template:Sortname 1952 Space station<ref>web | url =https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/station/inspired.html|title=Inspired by Science Fiction|publisher=PBS| author=Gary Westfahl| accessdate =3 August 2022}}</ref> Space Station, Inner Station
Childhood's End Template:Sortname 1953 Oral contraceptive, DNA paternity testing<ref>book | author=Sarah Seymore| title =Close Encounters of the Invasive Kind: Imperial History in Selected British Novels of Alien-encounter Science Fiction After World War II| publisher =LIT Verlag Münster| year =2013| page =143| isbn =364390391X}}</ref> Oral contraceptive, infallible method of identifying the father of any child
Fahrenheit 451 Template:Sortname 1953 Earphones (earbuds), flatscreen television, automated teller machine (ATM)<ref name="eksmo"/><ref name="wapo">web | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ray-bradbury-10-of-his-most-prescient-predictions/2012/06/06/gJQAi8jFJV_gallery.html|title=Ray Bradbury: 10 of his most prescient predictions|work=The Washington Post| date=| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Seashells (for earbuds), wall-TV (for flatscreen television), bank which was open all night and every night with robot tellers (for ATM)
The Caves of Steel Template:Sortname 1953 Fingerprint scanner<ref>web | url =https://altshuller.ru/rtv/sf-register-10-9.asp|title=Подкласс 9: Приборы, инструменты|work= Регистр н/ф идей|author=Genrikh Altshuller|publisher=Altshuller.ru| language=Russian| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Unnamed, descriptive
The Star Beast Template:Sortname 1954 Mobile phone<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
The Magellanic Cloud Template:Sortname 1955 Internet, smartphone with internet access, additive manufacturing file format, 3D printing<ref name="culture">web | url =https://culture.pl/en/article/13-things-lem-predicted-about-the-future-we-live-in|title=13 Things Lem Predicted About The Future We Live In|publisher=Culture.pl| date=12 September 2017| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Trion (for internet), pocket receiver (for smartphone), production prescription (for additive manufacturing file format), the automaton (for 3D printer)
The City and the Stars Template:Sortname 1956 Immersive virtual reality games<ref name="sr"/> Central computer, which virtually ran the city
The Door into Summer Template:Sortname 1956 Automated teller machine (ATM), robotic vacuum cleaner, computer-aided design (CAD)<ref name="heinlein"/> Twenty-four-hour bank (for ATM), Hired Girl (for robotic vacuum cleaner), gismo (for CAD)
"The Minority Report" Template:Sortname 1956 Facial recognition system, personalized ads<ref>web | url =https://au.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/10-philip-k-dick-future-predictions-2106/l/facial-recognition/|title=10 Philip K. Dick Future Predictions That Came True|work=Rolling Stone| date=23 October 2017| accessdate =22 July 2022}}</ref>
The Naked Sun Template:Sortname 1956 Flatscreen 3D television,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> domestic robot Viewing panels, household robots
Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale Template:Sortname 1957 Borazon, space probe, powered exoskeleton, ion thruster<ref name="yefremov">book | url =https://biography.wikireading.ru/44625|chapter=Предвидения и предсказания|title=Иван Ефремов|author=Ерёмина Ольга Александровна| language=Russian| accessdate =20 July 2022}}</ref> Borason,Template:Efn geological bomb, robot station (for space probe), jumping skeletons (for powered exoskeletons), ion trigger motors (for ion thrusters)
The Man Without Heart Template:Sortname, Template:Sortname 1957 Artificial human heart<ref>web | url =https://altshuller.ru/rtv/sf-register-3-2.asp|title=Подкласс 2: излечение болезней, продление жизни, бессмертие|work= Регистр н/ф идей|author=Genrikh Altshuller|publisher=Altshuller.ru| language=Russian| accessdate =22 July 2022}}</ref>
"Prospector’s Special" Template:Sortname 1959 Mobile phone, videotelephony<ref name="rg"/> Telephone, video screen
Return from the Stars Template:Sortname 1961 E-reader, audiobook<ref name="culture"/> Opton (for e-reader), lecton (for audiobook)
"The Way You Will Be" Template:Sortname 1961 4D film<ref name="rbc"/>
Razor's Edge Template:Sortname 1963 Solar-pumped laser<ref name="yefremov"/>
The Age of the Pussyfoot Template:Sortname 1965 Smartphone Joymaker
The Cyberiad Template:Sortname 1965 Life simulation game<ref name="culture"/>
The Final Circle of Paradise Template:Sortname 1965 Paintball,<ref name="aif"/> self-driving car,<ref name="rbc">web | url =https://style.rbc.ru/impressions/5ede97a89a79473f9ae01418|title=«Википедия», Zoom и другие предсказания братьев Стругацких, которые сбылись |publisher=RBK Group|language=Russian| date=10 June 2020| accessdate =23 July 2022}}</ref> Bluetooth headset<ref name="rb">web | url =https://www.rbth.com/arts/327751-scifi-russian-writers-reality|title=Which fantastic notions of Soviet sci-fi writers became reality?|publisher=Russia Beyond| date=7 March 2018| accessdate =27 July 2022}}</ref> Liapnik (for paintball)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Template:Sortname 1966 Voice user interface<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
2001: A Space Odyssey Template:Sortname 1968 Voice user interface,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> tablet computer Newspad (for tablet computer)
Stand on Zanzibar Template:Sortname 1968 On demand television, laser printer<ref name="bi"/>
"The Scarred Man" Template:Sortname 1970 Computer virus<ref name="visions"/>
Cyborg Template:Sortname 1972 Robotic prostheses<ref name="bi"/>
When HARLIE Was One Template:Sortname 1972 Computer virus<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>Template:Efn
Imperial Earth Template:Sortname 1975 Personalized ads, search engine Personal messages (for personalized ads), Comsole (for search engine)
The Shockwave Rider Template:Sortname 1975 Hacking, computer worm<ref>web | url =https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190509-the-1968-sci-fi-that-spookily-predicted-today|title=The 1968 sci-fi that spookily predicted today|publisher=BBC| date=10 May 2019| accessdate =22 July 2022}}</ref>
One Hundred Years Ahead Kir Bulychev 1978 E-reader,<ref name="rb"/> smartwatch
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Template:Sortname 1979 Audio translation device<ref name="bi"/> Babel fish
"Burning Chrome" Template:Sortname 1982 Internet<ref name="heinlein"/>
Friday Template:Sortname 1982 Internet<ref name="heinlein"/>
The Descent of Anansi Template:Sortname, Template:Sortname 1982 Tethered satellite<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Neuromancer Template:Sortname 1984 World Wide Web, virtual reality<ref name="bbc"/>
Islands in the Net Template:Sortname 1988 Smart shoe<ref name="migdal"/>
Paris in the Twentieth Century Template:Sortname 1994Template:Efn Skyscrapers,<ref name="lithub"/> gasoline-powered cars,<ref name="lithub"/> electric street lights,<ref name="vijg"/> electronic dance music,<ref name="lithub"/> fax,<ref name="lithub"/> internet,<ref name="lithub"/> electric chair,<ref name="lithub"/> weapons of mass destruction<ref name="lithub">web | url =https://lithub.com/on-the-1863-novel-that-predicted-the-internet-cars-skyscrapers-and-electronic-dance-music/|title=On the 1863 novel that predicted the Internet, cars, skyscrapers, and electronic dance music.|publisher=Literary Hub|author=Walker Caplan| date=8 February 2022| accessdate =24 July 2022}}</ref>
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Film and TV series

Film Screenwriter Release year Predicted technology Name(s) in the work
Back to the Future and Back to the Future Part II 1985, 1989 Voice user interface, tablet computer, videotelephony, augmented and virtual reality, flatscreen television, fingerprint scanner<ref>web | url =https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org/2020/07/03/how-many-predictions-did-back-to-the-future-get-right/|title=How Many Predictions Did Back to the Future Get Right?|publisher=Computer Museum of America|accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref>
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987–1994 Smartwatch
Until the End of the World 1991 High-definition flatscreen television<ref>web | url =https://www.gamesradar.com/movies-that-predicted-the-future/|title=22 movies that accurately predicted the future|publisher=GamesRadar+| date=| accessdate =21 July 2022}}</ref>



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