Lives extended, cancers (and a menagerie of other diseases) cured is almost like sci-fi medical technology come true (there may be more science fiction references as you read onward).

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Downloading lessons into the brain might sound like sci-fi, but technology that activates neural patterns might soon help us practice while asleep.

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Michael 'ER' Crichton wrote and directed 1973's Westworld, a classic example of the ever popular 'technology amok' Sci-Fi genre.

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The second test for evaluating a sci-fi scenario is whether it makes the mistake of assuming that technology alone shapes the future.

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