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pokerfan

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Fri Dec 28, 2012, 05:02 PM Dec 2012

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True in 2012 [View all]

From io9....




Yesterday we told you about the biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2012. But now we turn our attention to those developments that make us realize just how futuristic things are quickly becoming.

And the past year provided no shortage of futureshock. We watched a cyborg compete at the Olympic Games, and marveled at the news that NASA was actually working on a faster-than-light warp drive. It was also a year that featured the planet's first superstorm, the development of an artificial retina — and primates who had their intelligence enhanced with a chip.

Here are 16 predictions that came true in 2012.

http://io9.com/5971328/the-most-futuristic-predictions-that-came-true-in-2012
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