1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auMatt Novakhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/mattnovak-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bPyXJGsH4P"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/05/7-extremely-weird-inventions-from-the-grandfather-of-science-fiction/">7 Extremely Weird Inventions From the Grandfather of Science Fiction</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2024/05/7-extremely-weird-inventions-from-the-grandfather-of-science-fiction/embed/#?secret=bPyXJGsH4P" width="600" height="338" title="“7 Extremely Weird Inventions From the Grandfather of Science Fiction” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="bPyXJGsH4P" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/q_80,w_800/9c8294e13c56a76494b24540f74f5f1f.jpg600399Hugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th century—so much so that the Hugo Awards are named after him. But Gernback also edited serious tech magazines and came up with ideas that were often way ahead of their time. Or, in the case of the […]