These Billion Dollar Tech Ideas Were Actually Inspired By Famous Movies

1. Airport Body Scanners - Airplane II, 1982

As disappointing as Airplane II may have been for some viewers, no one could have predicted that the American parody film’s sequel would eventually foresee one of the most essential tech advancements today. In one specific scene of the 1982 movie, passengers who are about to fly on a lunar shuttle are required to walk through a body scanner that looked completely unrealistic at the time. Who would know that by 2009, body scanners would be the norm at airports and would eventually reach a tech market value of $328.2 million?