I would say that the most important future technology that Ray Bradbury includes in the short story "A Sound of Thunder" is the time machine. As the name implies, it is a piece of technology that allows its riders to travel forward and backward through time.
The second piece of advanced, future technology in the story is the floating walkway that does not touch anything. Travis tells Eckels that the path is made of special anti-gravity metal. The floating path is there to ensure that nobody on the safari touches so much as a single blade of grass. The Time Safari employees need to make absolutely sure that nobody interferes with the events and objects in the past. The walkway ensures that the men don't touch anything.
It floats six inches above the earth. Doesn't touch so much as one grass blade, flower, or tree. It's an anti-gravity metal. Its purpose is to keep you from touching this world of the past in any way. Stay on the Path. Don't go off it. I repeat. Don't go off. For any reason!
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