I came across this really fascinating site the other day, a genre site "devoted to the creative inventions of science fiction authors and movie-makers." The site boasts an amazing amount of information about inventions by genre minds...roughly 933 inventions in all (categorized in the glossary of science fiction technology by story, author, and year of invention.)
There's also a time-line of science fiction inventions, which is cool, since it gives you an overarching picture of "where" technology is (and where it's headed). Even better, the site includes a link to an accompanying blog, with frequent entries on new sci-fi inventions, and how they are meeting "science" with each progressive day.
I also appreciate that the author of the site includes the visual arts, and pauses to note where TV producers got things right. For instance, scientists are now working on a robot plane that can be launched from the ocean...a synthesis of UFO's Skydiver (created by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea's flying submarine. How cool is that? Science fiction cinema and television have predicted fashion, technology and political happenings with great success over the years, so I enjoy this aspect of the site a lot.
If you get a chance, and a little free time to explore, head on over to Technovelgy, and discover "where science meets fiction."
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