Shark repellent - In Batman’s 1966 movie, the hero used a can of shark repellent on his attacker. Scientists have created a device that uses magnetism to overwhelm some of the sharks’ sensors (think of a strobe light or an ultra-high pitched sound to us) and send them swimming off.
Case in point? Imagine all those wonderful drivers you see each and every day in traffic... flying over your town and even your home.
Next up? People (and their cars) falling from the sky.
#15 - Dick Tracy, cartoon character that first hit print in the 1930s, had a two-way wrist radio/watch.
Image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy#/media/File:Dt2wrr.jpg
Great image series!