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The moving picture player, by H.G. Wells, from 1899 is definitely intriguing: http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=762 http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/c
by illuminated 6y ago
The moving picture player, by H.G. Wells, from 1899 is definitely intriguing: http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=762 http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=762
- codingdave 6y agoEdison had already invented it (sans sound) and was publicly showing films a few years before that. Seeing the timing in sci-fi remains interesting. But quite a few items on this list are responses to inventions, not newly conceived concepts. I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of which ideas were first conceived in fiction.
- illuminated 6y agoDidn't know that, thanks.
- Tagbert 6y agoAnd Edison’s work was based on Lumière‘s Cinematographe and before that, the Zoöpraxiscope which was proceeded by the Zoetrope. Each one took and idea and developed it in ways that made improvements. This is how invention actually works, not the sudden inspiration of the lone inventor who deserves full credit. It is a serial process of inspiration and enhancements that over time produce progress.