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== Comic Books ==
* Electronic tagging such as ankle bracelets used to track prisoners. Developed by a judge in 1979 based on a ''[[Spider-Man]]'' newspaper strip from the same year, involving the Kingpin.
* [[Carl Barks]] has done this at least twice. He made up a method to raise sunken ships with ping pong balls, which was later successfully used. The guy who did it [http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/priorart/donaldduck/ was unable to patent the technique] because of Barks' story. In a different comic, he [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022203128/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/01/25/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-87/ drew a molecule] and described some of its reactions ''nineteen years'' before it was discovered by scientists.
* ''[[Cracked.com]]'' compiled a list of [http://www.cracked.com/article_19021_5-amazing-things-invented-by-donald-duck-seriously.html 5 Things Donald Duck Invented].
* ''[[Tintin]]'' already travelled to the moon in ''"[[Tintin/Recap/Destination Moon|Destination Moon]]"'' and ''"[[Tintin/Recap/Explorers on the Moon|Explorers on the Moon]]"'' (1950-1953, in publication). This was almost fifteen years before the Americans actually landed on the moon. Tintin's moon exploration was also scientifically very accurate without any typical science fiction clichés of aliens and such.
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** ''[[Snow Crash]]'' also anticipates [[Google Earth]], though that may be a case of [[Art Imitates Art]].
** [[Second Life]] is ''definitely'' a case of [[Art Imitates Art]]; its creators specifically reference ''[[Snow Crash]]'' and its Metaverse. ''Snow Crash'' also [[Trope Codifier|codified]] the [[Digital Avatar]].
* The fella who invented the waterbed in [[Real Life]] was unable to patent it because it had already been thoroughly described by [[Robert A. Heinlein]] in ''[[Stranger in
** The word "grok", now a widely-used term, originated in Heinlein's ''[[Stranger in
** Heinlein's [[Powered Armor]] is on its way to reality thanks to defense contractor Raytheon and several other groups. As of 2008, development is at the stage of strength-amplifying mechanical exoskeletons. No word yet on bulletproof plating and [[Arm Cannon]]s.
*** One [[Powered Armor]] prototype is [[2001: A Space Odyssey|named HAL]] and made by [[The Terminator|Cyberdyne]]. Seriously.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=sN5tpSjOyOo "Linus and Lucy" was played on Elton John's Red Piano]. Remind you of [[Peanuts|Schroeder]]?
** Also, [http://www.toypiano.com/product_information.asp?html_model_number=SBG4907R Schoenhutt's red baby grand piano]{{Dead link}}.
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