Top 5 real-world inventions inspired by sci-fi
List Envy · Ashley Hamer, Mark Steadman
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (media.transistor.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
What do mechanical limbs, credit cards, and the atomic bomb have in common? They all had their roots in science fiction.
Ashley Hamer joins Mark to rank real-world inventions inspired by sci-fi, and Mark reveals that he apparently went to school in a gadget factory.
- (00:00) - Cold open
- (00:11) - Introduction
- (00:41) - Guest
- (03:44) - Ashley’s pick: Autonomous cars
- (07:21) - Mark’s pick: World Wide Web
- (08:39) - Ashley’s pick: Atomic bombs
- (10:09) - Mark’s pick: Mobile phone
- (11:58) - Ashley’s pick: Video calling
- (17:26) - Mark’s pick: Helicopter
- (20:23) - Ashley’s pick: Credit cards
- (21:46) - Mark’s go-go gadget school
- (25:15) - Mark’s pick: Mechanical limbs
- (26:40) - Midamble
- (28:56) - Building the final list
- (29:32) - Honourable mentions
- (31:36) - Taboo Science
Ashley is the host of Taboo Science, which examines taboos through a scientific lens. She’s also the author of The Weekly Tweak, which seeks to help your podcasting game improve, one tweak at a time.
You can also find her pretty much everywhere online @smashleyhamer.