Taking Flight
Hollywood Concept:
Professor John Robin's jetpack in Lost in Space
Real-Life Innovation:
The Martin Jetpack by Martin Aircraft
Mind Games
Hollywood Concept:
Alien brain-wave communication in Battle: Los Angeles
Real-Life Innovation:
The MindSet brain-wave interface by NeuroSky
Look, No Hands!
Hollywood Concept:
The gesture-controlled computer in Minority Report
Real-Life Innovation:
The g-speak Spatial Operating Environment by Oblong Industries
Going Up
Hollywood Concept:
The grapple gun Batman uses to scale buildings
Real-Life Innovation:
The Atlas Power Ascender by Atlas Devices
Say Cheese
Hollywood Concept:
The iris recognition device in The Simpsons Movie
Real-Life Innovation:
The InSight VM by AOptix
Do You Read Me?
Hollywood Concept:
The personal communicator badges worn by the Star Trek crew
Real-Life Innovation:
The B2000 communication badge by Vocera
Alone At Last
Hollywood Concept:
The underwater convertible James Bond uses to elude a Russian assassin in The Spy Who Loved Me
Real-Life Innovation:
The sQuba by Rinspeed
