A chart that includes da Vinci, Verne, and Heinlein would be interesting, but I think you missed the point of this one. The column on the left appears to be no more than a list of the most famous and iconic sci-fi images in contemporary popular media (almost exclusively film) – certainly there’s no place for da Vinci on such a list!

For example, the chart makes no claim that Star Wars was the first depiction in literature of interplanetary travel, just that it’s the most famous such image in the public’s mind today.

Similarly, the list on the right lists the most well-known/successful implementations today, by the general public’s standards.

In short, the topic of this chart is pop culture’s view of technology. So the fact that it leaves out things outside of pop-culture doesn’t mean the creator isn’t well-read or geeky – those things are not what the chart is about.

I did think the chart made some creative juxtapositions – for a “voice command computer,” it used the Hitchhiker’s Guide as its fiction example, and not 2001: A Space Odyssey, which came out in the same year. This actually served to draw my attention to both, and to how they both presented effectively the same technology in very different types of stories.

This is great! Thanks for sharing. How about less geeky infographics?