10 predictions are right after a hundred years

Some scientists, technical experts, and writers, filmmakers have had strange and accurate predictions about what will happen or appear in the future, even hundreds of years before they become reality.

The predictions were right after a hundred years

10. Mark Twain

In the short story " From the London Times' of 1904" written in 1898, American writer Mark Twain predicted the birth of the Internet . His description of "electrostatic test equipment" is in fact the foundation for the worldwide telephone and video streaming system.

9. Roger Ebert

American film critic Roger Ebert made numerous predictions in 1987. He believes the world will have high-definition (HD) display technology, widescreen TVs, on-demand movies and discs. DVD.

8. John Elfreth Watkins

An American civil engineering engineer named John Elfreth Watkins wrote the article "What happened in the next 100 years" in 1900. In it, he described the emergence of tanks, TVs, and photographic techniques. Digital and mobile phones.

7. Robert Heinlein

In 1941, American science fiction writer Heinlein foresaw a period of tensions between the two major powers, with the deployment of destructive weapons, alluding to the Cold War . In particular, Heinlein predicts the birth of water 7 years before they exist.

6. Jules Verne

In 1865's " The Earth to the Moon, " French writer Jules Verne described spacecraft equipped with advanced missiles and space telescopes . He also predicted that the United States would be the first to send people to the Moon.

5. Apple Firm

In 1987, Apple produced a video set in September 2011, which showed a voice-based assistant and touch screen computer . And true in September 2011, Siri voice assistant was released on its iPhone model.

4. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick

In the 1968 film "2001: A space Odyssey " by screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick, the audience could see a device like the iPad. The device was built in such a way that Samsung used it in its copyright lawsuit with Apple.

3. Star Trek movie

Copy devices, used to create objects, in the famous film since 1966, are very similar to 3D printers. The communication system is also reminiscent of mobile and bluetooth technology.

2. HG Wells

The " The World set free" by British writer HG Wells, written in 1914, conjectured the atomic bomb 30 years before it appeared. He even described being unable to reside at the site of the atomic bombing many years after the incident.

1. Ray Kurzweil

In 1998, American computer scientist Ray Kurzweil wrote 147 predictions for 2009. And that 86% predicted it became a reality, such as auto cars, Wifi and Google Glass glasses. Kurzweil now predicts that, by 2050, humans will be immortalized by posting their consciousness on the computer.