A while ago, I finished reading The Mars Triology by Edgar Rice Burroughs and which serve as the basis for the recent movie, John Carter. This part from The Warlord of Mars is very prescient:
The aide took us to his own office first, where he measured and weighed and photographed us simultaneously with a machine ingeniously devised for that purpose, five copies being instantly reproduced in five different offices of the government, two of which are located in other cities miles distant.
That was written in 1914.
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Being written during 1915 I am not surprised at the Disaster Recovery aspects – widely separated cities and several copies
I am Burroughs fan, and have thought of teaching a general education course considering the science, and predictions of the future, to be found in his writings.
I recently picked up the Mars series, and I’ve wanted one of his light-powered vehicles since. 🙂