Sci Fi Crossword puzzle
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- 3. information Directrix—a command ship featured in his series—had inspired a U.S. naval officer to introduce the concept of combat information centers aboard warships
- 5. cars Cars with “robot brains” would be a central feature of the 2014 World’s Fair
- 6. the future The list of science fiction predictions is long enough to fill a book
- 7. life Philip Rosedale, the inventor of the once popular online community Second Life
- 9. holograms projects a holographic image of Princess Leia asking Obi-Wan Kenobi for help,researchers have been busily working to bring this technology to life
- 11. cars The fastest way to get from Point A to Point B is to travel as the crow flies
- 12. power atomic energy by 1933, followed by a devastating world war and the eventual emergence
- 14. credited several “Star Trek” technologies as partial inspiration for the design of the first mobile phone in the early 1970s
- 15. NASA physicist Jack Cover, who invented the Taser
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- 1. who created a remotely operated mechanical hand. Real-life manipulator arms that were developed for the nuclear industry in the mid 1940s
- 2. robots n 1920 in his famous science fiction play The word stems from “robotnik,” the Czech word for “forced worker
- 4. an american inventor simon Lake had been captivated by the idea of undersea travel and exploration
- 8. the French author also envisioned the future of flight
- 10. an autonomous flying vehicles are everywhere in Star Wars.
- 13. Robert H.Goddard the american scientist who built the first liquid fueled rocket