Comments on: Luke Skywalker’s Prosthetic Arm

By: Liberator

Liberator — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:44:27 +0000

i love star wars i watch it religiously and i think that all the gadgets would be awesome t have in real life

By: Liberator

Liberator — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:43:50 +0000

i dont watch star trek but i love star wars and i watch it religiously because there moves are so good

By: Bailey24

Bailey24 — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:11:04 +0000

i hope that more things start to be taken by sci-fi movies, because everyone watches them and wishes they could have all the awesome things in the movie, like i just saw iron man (not sci-fi) and i would do anything to get his suit.

By: Jamie Jahnke

Jamie Jahnke — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:26:44 +0000

The question, I think, should be “How accurate of a predictor has Sci-fi been with regards to health care?” Many of the advancements attributed to sci-fi are just logical advances when you think about it.

By: Finlay Craig

Finlay Craig — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:01:46 +0000

One thing I’ve heard recently is that Scientists are actually looking into teleportation. Theoretically it is possible, but the energy and resources required to do this is huge. Dictated by E=MC^2. I think that is something that has definitely been inspired by Sci-Fi. But do you not think that people would miss the journey? I sure would. The traveling is half the trip, for me anyway!

By: Sugaslim

Sugaslim — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:40:00 +0000

A lot of tech that isnt real is being worked on because of Sci Fi. In the field of weaponry, we test out all types of ballistic or energy based weapons. Clones where from Sci Fi, and now we have cloned sheep. Nanotechnology has been heavily researched lately. If it wasnt for Sci-Fi, we wouldnt have the awesome touchscreens that we have today!

By: SlipFlurry

SlipFlurry — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:39:16 +0000

I just read an article on the New York times about a mechanical arm that a monkey was able to control. Maybe these technologies will be available for animals to use in the future.

By: r3novatyo

r3novatyo — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:31:43 +0000

This is the way we all go?Soon we will be able replacing organs or biological elements with electronic smart elements.The future of this is ahead

By: Bread

Bread — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:49:13 +0000

I think that sci-fi introduced travel to the moon, and I heard that an Ironman suit is possible. Other than that, I can’t think of other sci-fi influences on real technology. Although, fantasy has influenced us and we’ve heard an invisibility cloak is possible.

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:58:39 +0000

Don’t know if this posted or not: I got a server timeout on the first try. So if I’m repeating myself – I’m sorry, y’all can take one of the comments off, or whatever you do.

That’d have to be some pretty expensive memorabilia, Luke Skywalker’s arm! It’d definitely be an interesting conversation starter, though.

By: aeiz

aeiz — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:50:28 +0000

I sincerely hope I will never have a need for this, however it is nice to know it is available. One day, we’ll be only half human.

By: jorg pihelgas

jorg pihelgas — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:47:43 +0000

That’s pretty intresting but i think infuture it wouldn’t surprise me if we are actually able to make a arm out of metal that has a biological skin to cover it up and is small enough to make it look like real. technology is advancing very fast so it might even come to us before we even realize it, so i think we should Head’s up then

By: TechGuy555

TechGuy555 — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:00:38 +0000

I think that Steve Jobs got his ideas from a lot of different Sci-fi shows. He always makes everything new seem like it is so advanced that it came out of a sci-fi movie. Over three-quarters of the time it’s true (iPhone anyone?).

By: Shaina

Shaina — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:12:59 +0000

Wanna hear something crazy?? There’s a guy at the University of Connecticut who is now applying the idea of time travel and claiming that he has found a way to make it possible! He is actually a highly acclaimed professor at the university and many have been tracking his work.

I suggest that if you’re interested in that kind of stuff to look him up and see what exactly he’s found out. I thought it was a fluke when I read about it – but then I kept reading and realized that this guy is actually serious! I can’t remember his name, but he’s a colored gentleman with a very ambitious outlook. :)

This stuff is not far off! I gotta say!

Kind Regards,
-Shaina

By: Sushrukh78

Sushrukh78 — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:07:14 +0000

Another great example of life imitating art. If some one dreams something up, no matter how crazy it seems, someone else in time will more than likely make it real.I think this is really cool. Science fiction is becoming science fact. It is like the cell phone which was inspired by the star trek communicator.