Miracles you’ll see in the next fifty years

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Miracles you’ll see in the next fifty years

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I love old science/how-to magazines and what they thought the future (now) would be like. Some are incredibly accurate predications, others… well, see for yourself… Popular Mechanics 1950 – Link.

14 thoughts on “Miracles you’ll see in the next fifty years

  1. kd1s says:

    Interesting how some of it came true. Prefab housing is still going strong, solar is picking up, but they dropped the ball on nuclear.

  2. 3d-dave says:

    Based on some of my experiences w/ lo-carb breads and deserts, the “food from sawdust” prediction seems pretty accurate. :-)

  3. 3d-dave says:

    Based on some of my experiences w/ lo-carb breads and deserts, the “food from sawdust” prediction seems pretty accurate. :-)

  4. swgt1 says:

    Yes these images are great! They can also be helpful in the design process.

    I recently wrote a paper about this and presented it at Ubicomp 2006.
    http://www3.cc.gatech.edu/grads/s/spwyche/c29.pdf

    I have to blow my own horn here :).

  5. happyfunland says:

    Yes! And we routinely stop hurricanes by starting oil spills in the ocean and then light them on fire! What an age we live in!

  6. happyfunland says:

    Yes! And we routinely stop hurricanes by starting oil spills in the ocean and then light them on fire! What an age we live in!

  7. spongebathe says:

    picture-phone caveman speak for internets (remember dialup w/phone lines?)

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