Tomorrow’s world Science fiction to science fact

Moon landing

In 1865, Jules Verne published From the Earth to the Moon, 104 years later Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon

Invisibility cloaks

Beloved of Harry Potter fans, ‘metamaterial’ can now bend light

Laser guns

The US Army has a laser called the Avenger, which is ‘20 times hotter than an oven ring’ and can cut through metal

3D printers

First seen on Star Trek as ‘replicators’, 3D printers are now capable of building cars