The future might already be written. Cheer, shudder, or eye-roll in disgust, but history shows that what awaits us is often spelled out in the pages of science fiction. The genre's predictive track record stretches thousands of years. Here's a glimpse of what sci-fi writers of the past got right:br br 1) Defibrillators (Frankenstein)br 2) Space Stations (The Brick Moon)br 3) Machine Learning (Erewhon)br 4) Lab-grown Meat (Mizora)br 5) Long-term Heat Storage (Sultana's Dream)br 6) TASERs (Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle)br 7) Portable Audio (Fahrenheit 451)br br Learn more: br SUBSCRIBE! for more Popular Science on YouTube ►► --br ProducerVideo by: Jason Ledermanbr br Narrator: Jess Boddybr br Researcher: Matt Hongoltz-Heltingbr br Cameras:br Canon EOS C100 - Canon EOS 5D Mark III - br Additional equipment:br Canon EF50mm Lens - Canon Zoom Lens EF24-105mm - Sachtler Ace XL Tripod System - Sennheiser EW100ENG G3 Camera Wireless Mic Kit - Litepanels Astra E 1x1 Daylight LED Panel - Lowepro Magnum 650 AW Shoulder Bag - The North Face Base Camp Duffel - br Music: APM Musicbr br Special Thanks: Dan Rockmore, National Museum ofbr American History, Case Western Reserve University Archives, br Drake Landing br br Media: Star Trek (1967) CBS, Frankenstein (1931) Universal Pictures,br Mosa Meat, Department of Defense, NASA, RosCosmos, Librarybr of Congress, Wikimedia Commons, Prelinger Archives, Pixabay, Pexels br br Additional Media: br CC BY-SA 2.