One of the downsides of our hyper-gadgetized society is that we are often largely immune to imaginary "technology of the future" designed for our amusement and awe in film and popular culture.
We are so accustomed to having almost anything that can be imagined; Bond and his watch phone simply are no longer impressive when we can buy one for ourselves online for $100.
Still, if there is one franchise that continues to be awe-inspiring in its ingenuity in fake technology it must be the Iron Man series. Tony Stark's entire basement workshop is an array of easily-manipulated holograms that allow him to work out problems and throw files away into a holographic basketball hoop. If he does a Google search (something the tech-savvy audience is all-too familiar with), JARVIS instantly consolidates all the pertinent information and presents it to Tony Stark, complete with snarky commentary.
That is a future truly to be excited about.
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