Transportation in fiction Transportation in fiction * Hoverboard, as seen in the movie Back to the Future Part II ...more on Wikipedia about "Proposed future transport"
A slidewalk is a fictional moving sidewalk structurally sound enough to support buildings and large populations of travelers. Adjacent slidewalks moving at different rates could let travelers accelerate to great speeds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Slidewalk"
"Slipstream" is a science fiction term for a method of faster-than-light space travel, similar to hyperspace, warp drive, or "transfer points" from David Brin's Uplift series. ...more on Wikipedia about "Slipstream (science fiction)"
Note: Some depictions were made before the space elevator concept became known. ...more on Wikipedia about "Space elevators in fiction"
Spinner is the generic term for a flying car in Blade Runner that can drive as a ground car, take off vertically, hover and cruise using jet propulsion much like Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft today. They are used extensively by the police to survey the population, and its clear that despite restrictions wealthy people can acquire spinner licenses. It was designed by Syd Mead and has been replicated in films such as The Fifth Element and Star Wars prequel trilogy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spinner (Blade Runner)"
In the Star Trek fictional universe, transporters are teleportation machines. The devices convert a person or object into an energy pattern (called dematerialization), then "beam" them to a target, where it is reconverted into matter (rematerialization). The target can either be another transporter or a virtually arbitrary specified site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transporter (Star Trek)"
In the fictional universe of Star Trek, the warp drive is a form of faster-than-light (FTL) propulsion. However, the concept is also the subject of earnest scientific research (See Alcubierre drive). Hyperdrive and jump drive are the alternative methods. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warp drive (Star Trek)"
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