Science Fiction Dreams That Came True in 2012

As a longtime reader of science fiction, it's always interesting to see how the visions of writers eventually become real. Take Arthur C. Clarke's letter to Wireless World in 1945, which details the geostationary communications satellite network everyone uses today. The satellites are in what is called the "Clarke Orbit." And Isaac Asimov wrote frequently about humanoid robots, which are becoming more common in research labs -- although we have yet to see R. Daneel Olivaw from Asimov's Robot series.

So inspired by these writers and others, here's a look at 2012 and the futuristic technologies that are materializing before our eyes.

Bionic Limbs
The term "cyborg" was coined in 1960 by…
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