Technology that made you think, "Holy crap, I'm in the future."

[Mr Pantomime]

2TB SD cards. My external is 1Tb. makes me feel small

 

[Madshaw]

I would have to say my HTC Android phone. The things it can do are mind blowingly amazing. It has an app that turns the phone into a metal detector. A metal detector!

It can also take a picture of something, recognize what the photo is of, and then do an online search of it, and even scan bar-codes. The future, it is in the palm of my hand.

If you can do that, what can super secret spies do?

 

[Radelaide]

It sounds stupid, but 32GB microSD cards. Seriously, think about it! Remember when a 1GB USB was awesome!? And now something that is no bigger than a fingernail holds 32GB OF INFORMATION!?

/ded.

 

[Queen Michael]

Any new cell phone. The stuff they have in Star Trek is less impressive.

 

[cke]

segway &#1046

 

[aldowyn]

A: Motion Control, especially Kinect. (Minority Report, anyone?)

B: Touch controls, especially the iPad. How many times have you seen people in sci-fi shows (looking at you, Star Trek), wandering around with those handheld tablets that they can do all that stuff on? It's like exactly like an iPad.

Oh, and you could so make a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy using the iPad tech and a good wireless connection!

 

[Caradinist]

Dreamcast. I didn't think such graphics could be possible at the time.

Half-life 2. I didn't think such graphics could be possible at the time.

Crysis. I didn't think such graph-


You get the idea.

 

[DesiPrinceX09]

Just to put something that no one else has:

IMAX theaters! in 3D! Holy crap they are awesome! Imagine hooking up a PS3 to that!

 

[Crowghast]

Amongst other things, they have bullets that can follow you and glasses that will allow you to see a floating HUD-display for everything around you.