10 Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction

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8. Tablets
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3. GPS
2. Diagnostic Bed
1. Earbuds

Source/Further reading:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2023689_2023708_2023670,00.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/tom-swift-turns-100-1632173/?no-ist
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2010/08/how-star-trek-artists-imagined-the-ipad-23-years-ago/
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2014/06/03/sci-fi-to-sci-fact-universal-translator/
https://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/06/16/star-wars-holographic-communicators-becoming-reality-1516487?lt_source=external,manual#!00tBr
http://www.businessinsider.com/sci-fi-robots-2014-5
http://www.techradar.com/news/portable-devices/other-devices/kingston-debuts-1-terabyte-usb-3-0-flash-drive-with-matching-price-tag-1124153
http://www.businessinsider.com/retail-tracking-2012-12?op=1
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032378/Space-age-sickbay-diagnoses-disease-need-tests.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/fact-vs-fiction/7-gadget-predictions-sci-fi-authors-got-right#slide-6