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by H.G. Wells

Interesting film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies, based on H.G. Wells' 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come. The film starts in 1940, when another world war has completely destroyed humanity's industrial base; most people don't even remember what civilization was like. Eventually, a futuristic society builds underground cities showing great technical progress. Wells was at the height of his personal fame at that point, and personally supervised every aspect of the film.

('Things to Come' by HG Wells)

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Mitsubishi Aurora Vision LED Screen And H.G. Wells
   Enormous public high definition screen predicted by H.G. Wells seventy years ago.

Transparent TV From Active Inc (And H.G. Wells)
   This looks like a great product - H.G. Wells would be very glad to see it, having thought of it seventy years ago.

HIPerSpace Offers Highest Display Resolution
   The engineers at UCSD are at it again, creating the world's highest resolution display.

3G Watch Phone From LG Electronics
   Remarkable technology from LG electronics promises to bring video to a wrist near you.

Samsung Transparent OLED Display And H.G. Wells
   As shown in H.G. Wells' 1936 movie Things to Come - here's your transparent display. They could be a bit larger... With video.

Transparent OLED Display Gets Bigger
   H.G. Wells knew futuristic cool stuff when he thought of it - and now, you can look at a real-life prototype.

Samsung Transparent OLED Laptop
   Very cool demonstration video; I'm still trying to figure out what I would do with a transparent screen laptop. Other than make sure I kept the keyboard clean.

Samsung 19 Inch Transparent AMOLED Display
   Will those open laptops on conference room desks be less of a barrier if their displays are transparent?

Samsung Transparent Smart Window
   HG Wells also had an idea like this, or was it Frank Herbert?

Transparent Smartphone Prototype From Polytron
   See through this future phone in a video.

Puls 'Smart Watch' Replaces Your Cell Phone
   I think this is a really interesting device, and I haven't heard very much about it.

Samsung's Transparent Display Finally As Big As HG Wells'
   Did I mention that HG Wells also figured out that 16x9 is the shape for a TV to have.

Transparent OLED TV By Panasonic
   It's the look of things to come.

Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition OLED TV
   The Look of Things To Come. HG Wells, 1936.

Samsung Gets Transparent Smartphone Patent
   The Transparency of Things to Come

Transparent MicroLED Screen From Samsung
   Has Samsung nailed the Look of Things To Come?

Transparent 4K OLED Wireless TV From LG
   You will note that HG Wells also figured out the aspect ratio of the future!

Outdoor Video Screens Can Be Arbitrarily Large
   The Shape of Things To Come, HG Wells, 1936.

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