There is a visible link between the sci-fi universe and technology. Published works in this field have been a source of inspiration for technology.. Science fiction is the creation of stories and adventures about the near or distant future by using science and technology elements that are not yet in use today.. The sci-fi universe and technology have been inspired by each other over time and have always provided an endless setting for futuristic imagination.. This imagination inspired by the world of technology has brought some inventions with it.. Technological wonders that we were surprised to read in novels and watched with our mouths open in movies until a few years ago have now become a part of our daily lives..

Cell Phone, Star Trek (1966)

Mobile phones are the most important communication source today. It is a portable communication device that can make and receive calls with its radio signals.. It makes these calls by connecting to the cellular network system offered by the operators.. The first cell phone was made by Martin Cooper in 1973.. The famous engineer, who was working at Motorola at that time, rumored to have seen Captain Kirk’s Communicator while on a break at work.. Cooper and his team started to work quickly and produced the first mobile phone prototype in 90 days.. This mobile phone is now known as the Motorola DynaTAC.

Ten years later, in 1983, Motorola’s mobile phones were introduced.. The devices are big, heavy and expensive, but Motorola has continued to evolve over the years.. The company’s first flip phone, released in 1989, has been likened to the “Star Trek” device.

In the science fiction universe, the mobile phone figure first appears in the Star Trek series in 1966.. Since the term mobile phone was not in the dictionary at that time, this device is called ‘Communicator’.. The iconic character Captain Kirk and the Communicator, which became famous with him, have given the opportunity to great innovation in the world of technology.

In recent years, the design company The Wand Company has created a modern replica of the Communicator.. Launched in 2015, the device is made of aluminum and includes a magnetic stand for wireless charging.. It also has Bluetooth functionality and stores some audio recordings from “Star Trek” episodes.

3D Hologram, Star Wars (1977)

The word hologram is a combination of Greek words in terms of structure.. Holo means ‘full image’ and gram means ‘written’. Hologram is a three-dimensional recording formed by the mixture of laser light waves..

3D holograms have been in science fiction for years. Producing a hologram table that looks like futuristic holograms from the Star Wars movie was a dream for some while watching the movie.. Princess Leia enlists Luke Skywalker’s help using a holographic message in the 1977 movie “Star Wars”. Since that scene, scientists have worked to make this technology a reality.

Euclideon, an Australian company, says it has built the world’s first multi-user hologram table.. At the hologram table, four people can interact with the hologram at the same time using motion tracking glasses.. Although Euclideon’s invention was met with some skepticism, New Atlas was reported to have definitively launched the company’s hologram technology in November 2018.

This invention, inspired by the Star Wars movie, has been developed with today’s technological possibilities.. The hologram used in security systems aims to completely eliminate the concept of stolen documents.

Digital Billboard, Blade Runner (1982)

Billboards are a method used by brands to promote themselves.. Billboards placed in city life are frequently encountered.. Previously, these boards worked with the logic of printing and the announcement printed on paper was pasted on the board with brushes.. This method has been updated with today’s technology.. Digital advertising has begun.

These billboards, which can be found in shopping malls and on crowded streets, work by uploading the desired image.. Digital billboards are one of the most popular products in the advertising world, which runs smoothly and offers high quality options such as videos and images loaded into them via a portable memory.. These products can be used comfortably indoors due to their minimal size.. As we know, some famous cities even have billboard streets and attract hundreds of tourists.. The source of this technology is the famous science fiction movie Blade Runner.

Director Ridley Scott presents a landscape picture of Los Angeles in Blade Runner. As you scan the skyscrapers, a huge, almost cinematic billboard appears on one of the buildings. This pre-technology concept triggered the imagination of Andrew Phipps Newman, CEO of DOOH.. Named Digital Out Of Home (DOOH), meaning out-of-home media, this company is dedicated to delivering vibrant, dynamic advertisements using digital billboards.. The famous company working on this path has achieved success in its field.

Video Conversation, Metropolis (1927)

Video conversation method is a type of visual communication between two people. Skype, which allows people with computers and internet connections to make video calls with each other in the world, is one of the most popular examples of this type.. This program is a software program that lets you use your computer, phone, and web browser to communicate with others.

One of the earliest references to videoconferencing, the 1927 movie Metropolis, showed a wall-mounted analog videophone.

A character in Metropolis relies on four different dials to find the right frequency before searching. Visual communication between speakers is only one-sided. Those who do not have a videophone but only a frequency handset cannot see the other party.. For this reason, this movie is not seen as a source of video conversation by some.. Depictions of video calls have become more and more complex in movies over time.. For example, in the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, video calls were made by entering the number in a type book attached to a large telephone unit..

This famous sci-fi movie uses a more comprehensive video-conversation device than Metropolis.. This device has a mutual conversation technique..

As time and technology progress, we see such devices in many films.. It appears in the second movie of the Back To The Future series, which is the most up-to-date movie made before its official invention.. In this 1989 movie, we see future Marty Mcfly and Douglas Jr. video chat.