Why is science fiction so important to science? Could we say science fiction writers are paving the way for future scientist? To answer this we start by looking at the link between imagination and innovation, product design, technology, and core science culminating with a case study of how comic books are used to push innovation. Digging deeper we review three major themes in Sci-Fi 1) medical devices, 2) Augmented Reality and 3) Artificial Intelligence. We explore how they went from science fiction to advanced technology that used to only exist on supercomputers and now to running in everyone's pockets because of the ubiquitous distribution of powerful smartphones. We start with which companies are building “Medical Tricorders” and the applications which are running on mobile phone saving lives around the world. Next, we look at what is AR and why it is considered the next big thing in tech by exploring the history and some mind-bending demos. After building a solid understanding of what and why we start diving into the how. We will explore early AR development and how it led to the current way AR apps are built with AR Core (Google Android) and AR Kit (Apple iOS). In the last section, we look at what is Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning(DL). We explore early ML development tools/frameworks and how they led to the current ML development environment MK Kit (Google Android) and Core ML (Apple iOS). This entertaining talk starts by exploring real-world zombies and ends by examining the possible futures as more advanced technology makes its way to mobile devices. The hope is that after attending these sections the audience will be well informed about the technology and have an appreciation of how ML, AR, and medical mobile apps are developed.
