Get Smart
Those who were lucky enough to grow up when Get Smart was broadcast, remember at least 3 things from the TV show: the openning sequence , the shoe phone and the cone of silence. The wireless phone hidden in the shoe is clearly a predecessor of the cell phone which generated many funny momments when used and was developed 40 years after ( the Star Trek Communicator was also an ancestor of the mobile device, besides, it had some intelligence that enabled to call someone just by naming the person) . The cone, an acrylic gadget intended to assure top secret communications that actually made them impossible to achieve causing us hilarity, has inspired designs for security solutions for restaurants in pandemic times. Many technological stuff that we currently use were sketched in comics or cartoons: 3D printer, Superman (1964) ; smart watch, Dick Tracy (1946) ; telecommuting, online gym classes, telemedicine and video calls...