A fictional technology is a technology which currently does not exist, but has been hypothesized or proposed either for entertainment purposes or in order to explore a philosophical or scientific issue.
Fictional Technologies arise in the following contexts:
It is sometimes the case that fictional technologies eventually develop into real technologies.
Some examples technologies which are currently fictional are:
It is interesting to note that some fictional technologies from previous eras, such as powered flight and mobile communicators are now part of our accepted way of life. The following technologies were fictional until quite recently: