What once was just imagination is now real; what was once the distant future is now around the corner. The "Science Fiction" of the past has now simply become "Science". And the science of the future was strangely prophesied by a group of visionaries whose dreams once may have deemed them renegades and "mad scientists," have become reality!In 1950, the term "Robotics" was coined by author Isaac Asimov in his book I.ROBOT and our collectiveimagination reeled. In the years since, literature, movies and television have allowed us to embrace the notion that the ideas of a few inspired visionaries could be made real. What is more astonishing is that these ideas have been, are currently and will be put to practice in our everyday lives.

Jules Verne's classic adventure book was an inventive story, but the Victorian explorers discovered more than they realized. Compare the fascinating revelations of modern earth science with Verne's astounding insight.

To this picture "In my aquarium", the well-known photo artists of classics such as Jules Verne was inspired, but also by modern fairy tales like "Finding Nemo". So the idea to make a dried fish and a submarine to send this to the journey into the depths of the ocean was born. In this training, which is the first in a series, Pavel Kaplun shows not only how he achieved this refined composing, he also demonstrates some interesting techniques in Photoshop that you can use in many of your projects. Look at him over my shoulder and see first-hand how this extraordinary portrayal is shown!

The 17-year-old Sean Anderson receives a coded signal and his stepfather Hank helps him to decipher the message. They find that Sean's grandfather Alexander Anderson has found the mysterious island in the Pacific described by Jules Verne and two other writers in their novels. The stubborn Sean wants to travel to the coordinates and Hank decides to buy the tickets and travel with the teenager to a small island nearby the location.

The 17-year-old Sean Anderson receives a coded signal and his stepfather Hank helps him to decipher the message. They find that Sean's grandfather Alexander Anderson has found the mysterious island in the Pacific described by Jules Verne and two other writers in their novels. The stubborn Sean wants to travel to the coordinates and Hank decides to buy the tickets and travel with the teenager to a small island nearby the location.