Often what we love most about our favorite sci-fi and fantasy television shows and movies are the gadgets (or, should I say, props). Yes, there are the beloved characters, the spellbinding storylines, ...

The first sighting of a smartwatch in fiction was way back in the 1930s with the comic strip adventures of Dick Tracy. His was mostly used to communicate with headquarters, complete with TV display, ...

We don't quite have phasers yet, but Dr Martin Cooper - who invented mobile phones - has always said that Star Trek's communicators inspired him. Mirror Tech takes a look at how close we are to ...

Blockbuster films might have notably big budgets - but sometimes, due to resource, ease or time constraints, props have to be turned around quickly. And the fastest way to do that appears to be by ...

For four decades Doraemon, a blue robot cat from the 22nd century, has been an icon of Japan's manga comic world - but now some of its coolest sci-fi gadgets exist in the real world. Invisibility ...

In recent years, digital billboards have blazed across our cities, along our roads and into our shopping centres and underground train stations. Before much time has passed, they begin to seem ...