Slideshow » Science fiction's goofiest gadgets and technology
Science fiction's goofiest gadgets and technology
A preview of what gizmos won't be appearing in future editions of tech magazine columns
This slideshow is about tools that science fiction prop designers created years ago that nowadays look about as awe-inspiring as a Betamax player. From screen-house tanks to Super Soaker-style phaser rifles to mysteriously menacing bubble machines, science fiction movies and television shows have given us a wide assortment of silly technology that even the swarthiest Jawa would be embarrassed to use.
