Futuristic Gadgets Gone Everyday
GPS, touchscreens, video calls: pure sci-fi yesterday, now right in your pocket!
What this quiz asks
- 1Who first designed the GPS you use to find your way?
- 2Which device made the multi-touch screen mainstream in 2007?
- 3Which software, launched in 2003, made internet voice and video calls mainstream?
- 4Which voice assistant, arriving on the iPhone in 2011, made talking to your phone ordinary?
- 5How many satellites must your GPS pick up at minimum to work out your position?
- 6The QR code, everywhere today, was invented in 1994 for which sector?
- 7Why doesn't your smartphone react when you touch it with an ordinary glove?
- 8Bluetooth, which links your wireless earbuds, owes its name to what?
- 9To stay accurate, GPS satellites correct a shift predicted by which theory?
- 10Long before Zoom, who showed a 'Picturephone' video-calling device at the 1964 World's Fair?
