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Illustrative predictions of the year 2000, from the year 1910:[html][/html]
Great find. I think they were really way off regarding fashions.
Indeed, it's interesting how everything is constant in the future according to them except for the technology.
Where are all my robots? I feel robbed >:(
What about 2050 ? If you can afford 69,000 ? for that, it's worth the investmenthttp://martinjetpack.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPedpE70Es&feature=player_embedded
Few years after, how people in 1947 saw the futureBTW the first link refers to INA, "Since its creation in 1974 Ina has been carrying out the conservation, research and training which has made it a precursor and world leader in archiving, digitisation, and safeguarding of audiovisual assets, as well as the technological innovation relating to these two domains." You might find some interesting documents if you're familiar with French language.http://www.ina-entreprise.com/to-know-ina/index.html http://www.ina.fr/media/television/dossier/1421/ina-images-that-speak-to-you.20090331.fr.html
What about 2050 ? If you can afford 69,000 ? for that, it's worth the investmenthttp://martinjetpack.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHPedpE70Es&feature=player_embedded
They've actually had jet packs for many decades but they have yet to become practical (and affordable?) on any scale. Not that long ago I saw a clip of a military demonstration of a jet pack for President Kennedy. Some technologies seem to have bright futures, but for one reason or another they don't really catch on.
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