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Fictional Gadgets Come To Life

Posted April 14, 2008 9:21 AM

From mental_floss Blog:

It takes a while for a great idea to go from imagination to actual use in the real world, but it happens a lot! Three fictional gadgets made real were in the news just this past week. The Terminator had a computer in his head, with a display readout he could read in his eyes. Several gadgets come close to doing this for humans, so far only while wearing glasses. The latest is the retinal imaging display (RID) from Brother Industries in Japan.

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04/15/2008 3:56 PM

For whatever reason, I can't access the whole article, but it sounds interesting...

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