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Hollywood is going to reboot 'Starship Troopers' - here are 9 things the original totally nailed about today's tech

Hollywood is going to reboot 'Starship Troopers' - here are 9 things the original totally nailed about today's tech

All of the students in Starship Troopers use tablet computers (though they're still as thick as tech from the '90s).

Hollywood is going to reboot 'Starship Troopers' - here are 9 things the original totally nailed about today's tech

Based on the stylus, it looks like the Surface Pro beats the iPad in the Starship Troopers universe — though Apple has come around to the stylus with the its Apple Pencil.

Based on the stylus, it looks like the Surface Pro beats the iPad in the Starship Troopers universe — though Apple has come around to the stylus with the its Apple Pencil.

With fingerprint scanners becoming the standard on phones, it's pretty clear that Starship Troopers was right when it assumed we wouldn't be using passwords to sign into our computers in the future.

With fingerprint scanners becoming the standard on phones, it

The movie's government ads are a pretty accurate portrayal of today's visual web, using a combination of interactive links and videos.

The movie

Multiuser video chat from around the world with no lag. It's like Google Hangouts.

Multiuser video chat from around the world with no lag. It

You'd think that discs would be outdated in the future, but it actually makes sense. When you have ships that can travel faster than light, sending data wirelessly (which can only move at the speed of light) is slow in comparison. In fact, with today's tech, physically sending media like SD cards has a higher "bandwidth" than the entire internet is capable of.

You

Here's a relevant XKCD post about transporting physical media.

If you've ever been dumped via text (or worse, Snapchat), you know how accurate this scene is.

If you

Both robot-assisted surgery and printing organs are either taking place in some capacity or are making great strides toward becoming a reality in the lab.

Both robot-assisted surgery and printing organs are either taking place in some capacity or are making great strides toward becoming a reality in the lab.

Like today's military, the Federation in "Starship Troopers" uses renewable energy because of its versatility and easier logistics. After all, it's easier to put up a wind turbine than to constantly ship in fuel.

Like today

This post is an updated version of one originally written by Kyle Russell.

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