Which came first the egg or the chicken. Always an opening question to take conversation down paths of debate and discussions.

So I see Drone Wars and think Star Trek, BABYLON 5 and Star Wars.

So when did science fiction to reality become a decade rather then a generation.

Remember when Stranger from a Strange Land described the first water bed?

Oh I remember, and weren't they prophetic?

I think people that grew up reading science fiction/fantasy may have taken those ideas and once they were engineers or computer professionals they used those ideas to innovate.