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It’s crazy to think both how short and infinitely long a century is. You see, Motorola’s DynaTAC, the first cell phone, was launched in 1984 for a price of $3,995. And today, nobody can imagine their life without touch-screen mobiles with integrated Leica cameras and AI face recognition systems that come at much less than Motorola’s initial price.

So imagine how differently people back then perceived the advancements in technology that looked both incredible and life-changing. And they were. But technology, and the world we live in, escalates so quickly that it surpasses our best forecasts for what the future holds.

And this time, we are talking a look at retro-futuristic examples created in the previous century that give us a glimpse into weird and wonderful dreams of the human mind.

#1

An Artists Depiction Of The Future, Painted In 1930

An Artists Depiction Of The Future, Painted In 1930

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Sum Guy
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The design might not look the same, but they actually knew what would happen in the future... P.S. Why are we video calling so much all of a sudden? people don't even do regular phone calls anymore. I don't get why you need to see my face when we talk

Aski Markup
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just do what I do and say the selfie camera is messed up, can only use the back one.

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Dan Buczynski
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right down to the "ignoring the people your with"

Katherine Lake
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Spot on, including ignoring the person physically present.

Amazon QT
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL I was gonna say that, they know US SO WELL!!!

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Anita Marx
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crazy, they imagined something like Videochat but can't imagined little micros. The car in the back is still future.

CRINGY animations
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, yes. Being on the phone talking to others instead of socializing with the person next to you. Spot on!

Amazon QT
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL ~ they SO KNOW US, don’t they.

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    #2

    A Fifties Navigation System. Don't Know Who Imagined This But I Love It!

    A Fifties Navigation System. Don't Know Who Imagined This But I Love It!

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    Eduard Korhonen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, it's a ln image someone created in 2013 https://www.designcrowd.com/design/8798738

    person (i think)
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was wondering that since al the other slides are photographs, not maps (besides it looking like a pastiche of google maps, not the maps used back in the day)

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    Marissa Voleta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks as though it's a View Master with different destinations in map form you can pick from.

    Rachel Lacow
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can’t get more retro than a View Master!!

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    cybermerlin2000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a dashboard mounted Pipboy

    mph seti
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Fallout video game franchise.

    Radek Suski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The first navigation system has been developed in 1932 so it's not very surprising

    sivanphoenix
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something like this existed long before

    clive apps
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    VPS Viewmaster Positioning System

    Iguanacircusgirl2000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was wondering when someone would mention the Viewmaster...VPS, Well done!

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    To find out more about the weird and wonderful retrofuturism movement, Bored Panda reached out to Lisa Yaszek, a Regents Professor of Science Fiction Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

    Lisa explained that when we talk about retrofuturist objects and images, we usually refer to images of the past from the late 1800s through the space race, like many of the images collected here. “And when we look at these images, it becomes clear that people from the past actually had expectations of the future that were often quite like our own!”

    #3

    1940s Vision Of Food Delivery Future

    1940s Vision Of Food Delivery Future

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    Sum Guy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually cool. when you order something, as the truck moves to your house, they are also preparing the food. It gets to you as soon as it's plated. AMAZING

    A.M. Pierre
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a combo food truck and Uber Eats, so not that far off, actually.

    Nadine Bamberger
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my childhood, before there were supermarkets everywhere a truck like that would come twice a week so people who didn't have access to a car could get their supplies. It had fresh produce, dairy and meat and you could pre-order pretty much anything. There was a also a separate bread truck.

    Analyn Lahr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only food trucks provided front door service.

    Bakugo Katsuki
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A hot meal right in front of you doorstep, i approve raise hands,if u agree 🙌🏾

    I'manoob!
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man, I wish it was like this!

    Angela Botticelli
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok but imagine trying to cook in a moving truck. There's a reason why food trucks can't move around with ppl in the back. It's dangerous af.

    Coco Chanel
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesss! Then all the food could come when it was still warm!

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    According to Lisa, “they seem to have been particularly good at extrapolating from all the exciting new communications technologies of the time—telephones, radios, film, and TV—to imagine a range of new communications technologies much like we have now that allow us to talk to anyone from anywhere (#1 and 11), navigate our cars with ease (#2), get breaking news on our screens (#5), and even shop from home (#18 is shockingly on the mark).”

    #4

    We Really Messed Up

    We Really Messed Up

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    David Beaulieu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ThaT HORSE IS GOING TO NEED A MUCH LARGER BALLOON.

    Irina Rachow
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, this might come in handy when global warming melts the ice sheets!

    Victorialovespandas
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely love the fact the horse has its own balloon

    Johnny
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those balloons would need to be much larger. Assuming those little flotation shoes give little lifting force, it would take a helium balloon around 18 feet in diameter to lift a 150lb person.

    Amazon QT
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Especially that horse! Damn by judging the size of that balloon that horse could be more than 100 lbs.

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    Coco Chanel
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ya never know, this might happen in the future...

    Nea
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not surprising considering how important waterways used to be in those times.

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    #5

    Television Newspaper - Some Day You May Be Able To Receive The Front Page Of Your Morning Newspaper This Way

    Television Newspaper - Some Day You May Be Able To Receive The Front Page Of Your Morning Newspaper This Way

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    Bender Bending Rodríguez
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Twenty dead and fifteen missing" ... not much has changed for front page news. Same doom and gloom on front page.

    Sawdust
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Strange article the artist chose to illustrate the invention...

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    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are you sitting so close to the TV ancient people? :O

    mcborge1
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They forgot to invent a zoom function.

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    Jon Steensen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It actually was done. In Denmark we have (had?) this system called text tv where you could (can?) acces certain textpages via your remote on the tv to gather relevant information; kind of like you would browse the web, but with more limited content. The tech actually existed, but is now hopelessly outdated. So it is more representative of the past than the future now

    Peko
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teletext isn't exactly a Scandinavian exclusive.

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    Fish Boden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great choice of article there. Couldn't they have shown a capybara cuddling a kitten?

    Shoddy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Capybaras weren't invented back then.

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    Jyri Hakola
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That actually happened before eventually phased out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext

    Znaya
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if this came with special glasses 😀

    Dylan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their right except much much smaller

    Billy The Kid
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes it can. And the rest of the paper too

    Karen Grace
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had high hopes for the Dirigible, didn't they. So this was drawn pre-hindenburg.

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    #6

    Self Driving Cars Of The Future, Circa 1960

    Self Driving Cars Of The Future, Circa 1960

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    Norma
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if this were 100% proven safe, it scares the crap out of me!!

    Anna Banana
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me, too! Imagine spending a 6-hour drive playing dominoes with your family...

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    Sofia Murat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, there are cars who can go on the highway without any support, it's this reality.

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    Jumilicious
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That paperplane though! Like, what's he going to do with it? :D

    Zoe Vokes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still would make me car sick if I wasn’t looking up and out the front window. Plus, I would rather look at the view than play scrabble.

    Biljana Malesevic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, still not there yet. Roads too dangerous for this technology.

    The Redhead
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love how it drives down the center line. Lol

    Happiness is Hippo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t think it is, I think it’s a kind of track for it to follow, they’re all doing it.

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    Johnny
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as they had those lines in the road, this would have been doable with 1960's technology -- electric-eye sensors could see the lines, and radar altimeter technology was also available (but probably size/cost prohibitive for a production car)

    Leslie Donsen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember seeing this as a child. There were supposed to be magnets under the road that propelled you car along it. It was in the magazine Highlights.

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    Moreover, “People of the past were also quite good at anticipating how our clothing and personal presentation might change! Image #1 presents us with the kind of brightly colored, streamlined, unisex uniform first imagined by avant-garde artists and then made popular by science fiction filmmakers in the opening decades of the twentieth century and that are still very much with us today.”

    As for image #16, Lisa sees it as an exciting representation of future fashion. “The two models here appear to be wearing then-contemporary undergarments, but other aspects of their styles are very modern! The artist certainly guessed correctly that in the future, we would wear less clothing in public, indulge in more body ornamentation (the man’s tattoos look a lot like the tribal body art that became popular with the Modern Primitive movement in the 1990s), and that gender roles might be less clearly defined.”

    #7

    2022

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    River Webb
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    well with covid we are well on our way to doing just that

    Don't Look
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it’s more smart car based. I’m referring specifically to the brand (considering the name has nothing to do with the car being intelligent or anyone owning one being more intelligent for that).

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    Ozacoter
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Damn it I knew that we wouldnt get rid of it this year

    Richard Portman
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, i know. I'm still going to be wearing a mask indoors and around crowds for a while.

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    Brandi VanSteenwyk
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if the artist was thinking electric or petrol vehicles. What about families? And why is the one gentleman tipping his hat to Jason?

    Audra Berkley
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think he's tipping his hat to a woman wearing a turban.

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    Analyn Lahr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've got one year to make that happen.

    Biljana Malesevic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Social distance on streets. But doesn't look safe enough for possible collisions.

    AndersM
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey! A Covid-19 safe Segway!

    Znaya
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every one is isolated in a self contained unit, they knew 😀

    Batwench
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the gentleman raising his hat.

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    #8

    'ship's Cat' By Keith Spangle

    'ship's Cat' By Keith Spangle

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    Ploploplop
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am calling BS. There is no way that the cat would not knock over the glass of juice.

    Seth Stephens
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently this cat appreciates escargot and the finest of wines when window watching

    Mangoes'nRum
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine you're on the bridge. The ship is at red alert and combat ready in the middle of a stand-off against the Klingons. The captain has to ask the Klingons to hang on a bit because the cat is sitting on the ships controls and won't move. And they absolutely understand the predicament! Klingons would assume the cat ruled the ship - Ah the arrogance! the command! the Pride! A suvwI'.

    Tanya Palik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bahaha...there is a Targ sitting on the controls in the Klingon ship barking at the cat

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    Debi Blackshaw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This can't be accurate...... the cat would have knocked the glass off by now.

    Znaya
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cats don't change, they see a window they are right there 😀

    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ellen Ripley's cat Jones, thinking about the old days she saved them from the Xenomorph and they escaped from the Nostromo ship's destruction.

    Nina
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahhh .... Alien ... glorious old times ... 🐈

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    zovjraar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    cats HATE being in zero-g so we need to have artificial gravity in space for them.

    Gustavo Di Salvo
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree. I'm sure in the future the cats will build ships and conquer the Solar System.

    DC
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cat is doing this right now.

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    #9

    The Future Of Phones, 1956

    The Future Of Phones, 1956

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    Linus Nilsson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not even in the imagined picture is it possible to hold the phone comfortably.

    Roxy Eastland
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's very important that a woman's hand always looks sexy, not comfy.

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    N G
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a stage where the buttons were on the handset - this picture just doesn't extend "future" far enough.

    gaston caffaratti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's right, for a minute there this was pretty accurate

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    Juan Alcorta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you consider that the 80´s were the future of 1956, then the picture is quite accurate

    Earl Grey
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except for the assignment of the letters of the alphabet to the number buttons (no Q or Z) and the omission of the * and # symbols. But yeah, close enough!

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    RadiatorAnkleSpider
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh... if they only knew what a time suck a phone would become.

    Marissa Voleta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Silver nail polish = future. Silver anything = future.

    Mohsie Supposie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That "future" is now already the past!

    Honu
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually not that far off the last generation of slimline wired handsets that were popular before people switched to wireless home phones with base stations and then to mobiles. The old slimlines were more rectangular, but they had the number pads integrated into the handset like that.

    Johnny
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The 1980's had a lot of uniquely styled phones, I wouldn't be surprised if some company made one that looked like that.

    mph seti
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny how they didn't envision the cord being cut, even though wireless communications did exist.

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    Having said that, the people of the past were not always very accurate with their predictions about the use of big science and big engineering, said Lisa. “Images #15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, and 30 are particularly good examples of the utopian dream that someone—possibly the state, possibly a benevolent corporation—will engage in big, public engineering projects that will allow us to live well in the potentially hostile environments we might encounter in the future.”

    #10

    James Bond Receives A "Text" Via His Smartwatch In The Spy Who Loved Me

    James Bond Receives A "Text" Via His Smartwatch In The Spy Who Loved Me

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    Kathryn Baylis
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But where would he keep the roll of tape the message is stamped onto?

    Brandi VanSteenwyk
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely had to be edible so his nemesis couldn't get hold of it.

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    Loretta
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder why the designer decided that the text would be f*cking printed out instead of just...appearing on his digital watch?...like numbers...

    Vicky Z
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because now you can use it as a measuring tape also!! If you add cm on the side😂😂😂

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    Johnny
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how it's embossed in the old crimp label maker style instead of just bring printed on. Would love to see the mechanism that could do such a thing in a watch!

    Trond Hermansen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like the metal tape for the biggest of the DYMO embossing label makers.

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    cybermerlin2000
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He must have the tape roll installed in his wrist

    Max L.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny it looks written in relief, so it would need a certain force to be printed. Once they were called dymo labels, at least here in Italy.

    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he use the metal strip as a weapon later?

    J. F.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not that far fetched, only that it appears on the screen

    Christopher Walkies
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like that the sender is not sparing the tape. They're going for 'immediately' instead of 'now'.

    third molar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is getting a telegram not text ;)

    Amazon QT
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bc was thinking that, that’s more accurate.

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    #11

    1970s Futuristic Concept For Jetliner Air Travel

    1970s Futuristic Concept For Jetliner Air Travel

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    Truth Monster
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine turbulence with that pool.

    Vic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All we got were planes that don't even have place for our knees..

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    Marky Mark
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was clearly 'imagined' by an artist and not an engineer. By the 1940's we had a sufficiently good understanding of aerodynamics that even a novice engineer would have seen the physical absurdity of this 'design'

    The 5-star rated 5-star rating system
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I think this picture probably is an artist's absurdist idea rather than a vision for the future.

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    Marianne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is basically what we got with cruise ships.

    R D
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine that pool during take off!

    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So they just added the Enterprise for the warp-engine?

    2WheelTravlr
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had to do something, that wing setup sure wasn't getting them off the ground.

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    Amazon QT
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is unsinkable, wait... it is unfallable!!! LOL (😂😂😂 unfallable- since plane fall out of the sky)

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    Sum Guy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, we did that, we just put it on boats

    Rissie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which makes more sense because it seems like a place you want to be for a while. Not to mention how silly it would be to carry that kind a load very quickly by air time after time.

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    Amazon QT
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL that’s looks like that’s all it would do.

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    #12

    1969 Japanese Vision Of The Future Classroom, The Odd Part Is That Included Small Robots To Rap Students On The Head When Misbehaving

    1969 Japanese Vision Of The Future Classroom, The Odd Part Is That Included Small Robots To Rap Students On The Head When Misbehaving

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    Farid Red
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its not for misbehaving, its for punishment for getting wrong answer. Compare each student screen. Cruel.

    Tame panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes it is cruel and abusive and against their mental well-being. And the robot hand is made of metal.

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    elia 84631
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today we live it with Zoom

    CharliAnn Olney
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And teacher turn the kids in to the Police for having an AirSoft in their rooms!

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    SushiPanda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What alarms me is that the whole entire class is just boys.

    tmw
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    b/c they are doing math. obvi math is a boy subject (sarcasm)

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    Mary Ann Burgess
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being rapped on the head for misbehaving was the norm in 1970's Catholic School!

    Botox
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And wrong answer mean you didn't study hard enough, was lazy, so it's misbehaving and punishment...

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    François Carré
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder why these robots are not a thing now.

    Inclusion2020
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because if you have good classroom management, you don't need it. And hitting a child is not only unnecessary but traumatic for the child.

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    thetacotruckman
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    on the right green shirt boy is happy about getting hit on the head.

    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some reason when I look at this drawing, I am taken back to the 1970s and when that toy called "Clackers" was popular. I can still feel it too!

    Hilary Mol
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Japanese have the wackiest game shows. It's nice to see they had a way to recycle some of the show props as children-minders.

    Johnny Rodriguez
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    75000! Am I the only one paying attention?

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    According to the professor, people also had surprisingly different ideas about transportation than we do now. “I get the sense that the women in image #1 have flown their personal airplanes to the restaurant for a quick drink, and I love the idea that we might create maglevs for mass transit and then use balloons and mechanized glass domes for personal travel (#4, 7). People were right to guess that we’d have automated cars (#6, 17), but they clearly didn’t anticipate that such cars would be used mostly for corporate purposes.”

    “Finally, as a university professor, I am desperately sad that we have not developed robots to rap students on the head when they are misbehaving as in image #10. Someone needs to start working on that immediately,” the professor commented.

    #13

    VR In 1989

    VR In 1989

    ashe101ashe Report

    Sum Guy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone keeps saying jesus is lord... I grew up in a christian household but we never forced it down other people's throats. It is annoying

    Mary Peace
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe Jesus is Lord, but I don't say it in the middle of random conversations. As you say, it just annoys people and probably puts them off, if anything.

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    Hans
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, this is not a vision but rather a prototype...

    Amazon QT
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks HEAVY... MAN, oh wait that would be 1985!!!!

    Thorfin Wolfsbane
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me or is she living out her fantasy of shooting someone?

    Dave Thorpe
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By the looks of it, that literally WAS virtual reality in 1989. That's not how they imagined the future, that is a real working VR headset and gloves

    Steve Haigh
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this isn't a prediction, it's an actual functioning VR headset at the time. It's like showing an old car and claiming it predicted our modern cars when it's basically the same technology, just made better.

    K Tigress
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And still not made for people with glasses. ☹️

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a Rift and glasses and it works quite well with a little spacer.

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    jdtubeyou
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did this specific picture spark a theological and philosophical debate? Jesus is Lord

    Lieutenant BaconWaffles
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only Nintendo's Virtual Boy had been this uncumbersome.

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    #14

    Artoo Deco

    Artoo Deco

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    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Star Wars vacuum cleaner? Very early version of the Roomba?

    Violet Smith
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not old. Kurt Zimmerman is a contemporary kids author and droid maker. I looked him up - some of his books were published in 2012. So, this was inspired BY Star Wars, not an inspiration FOR it.

    Javiera Gotelli
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kurt Zimmerman designed this in 2016...

    KAREN
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think some of these aren't predictions and drawn and photographed more recently to make it seem old and dated they could have been made this year😂🤣 lol

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't belong here really...

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    #15

    How Nasa Imagined Life In Space

    How Nasa Imagined Life In Space

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    Milan Culik
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So that is where Elysium movie got their inspiration!

    DKS 001
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    KATIE POTASKY - STFU!

    tmw
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    katie-bot's comments are the first ones I see under the post. how does the BP algorithm work that the post with the most down votes is seen first?

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    C. Mayo
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. This is how Larry Niven imagined life in space in 1970's "Ringworld," pre-dating, by far, the Elysium film.

    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is NASAs concept of a Bernal Sphere - originally conceived all the way back in 1929.

    Kno
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aaah, Mass Effect.

    Lathari
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just google O'neill Cylinder, similar concept.

    Billy The Kid
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No i am not riding a peddle bike around that!

    Christina Gude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A thought just occurred to me----> guns wouldn't be permitted as their bullets would puncture the tube; hence, the air pressure needed to sustain life would be compromised....maybe this IS the answer to gun control?????????????

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    The professor of science fiction studies also noted that it’s important to remember that these futures were not retro to the people who imagined them. “They were modern imaginings of the future, inspired by the cutting-edge sciences and avant-garde arts of the time.”

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    From the retrofuturist images that were generated between the 1880s and 1960s, “we get a great sense of the sciences and technologies that were most important to people of the past, including new modes of mass and personal transportation, new communication technologies, and new habitats for new forms of living (garden mega-cities and artificial ringworlds),” Lisa explained.

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    #16

    Fashions Of 1950, As Predicted On The Cover Of Life Magazine In 1914

    Fashions Of 1950, As Predicted On The Cover Of Life Magazine In 1914

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    Meike H
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is a couple of decades off, but I could see them at burning man

    lemsip
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes more like the 90's and 00's. A lot of skimpy fashions showing a lot of skin back then even outside in winter. It's now gone full circle to the baggy clothes of the early 90's.

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    Vic
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are some rad tattoos..

    Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her little outfit is cute, though. But why is dude wearing a diaper and carrying a cane?

    DKS 001
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    KATIE POTASKY - STFU!

    Samtheperson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah. I’m an atheist. Katie, get out of my life

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    Maciej Zajaczkowski
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just like we predict that ripped jeans will be ripped to the point of non existence

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why would people walk about in just pants and an (admittedly fabulous) hat? Did they think there was no weather in 1950?

    LJ Robinson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a typical day at Comic-Con

    Thomas Duncan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    actually closer than many think...Haight-Ashbury, mid-sixties...

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    #17

    1981 Vision Of Suburbia After There's No More Room Left For Suburbs

    1981 Vision Of Suburbia After There's No More Room Left For Suburbs

    c3534l Report

    Elaine Verhagen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the fact that everyone still has a garden and freestanding house instead of a balcony with no space.

    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except without sun shining on the trees, they would actually die, so it’s a smidge unrealistic...

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    elia 84631
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Singapore has buildings like this

    Simon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are similar buildings in existence. Look at the Bosco Verticale in Milan, which is self sustainable in solar panels and filtered water water and help improve the air quality and invite more wildlife to the city

    Radek Suski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair I don't think it's the room we should be worried about

    Thorfin Wolfsbane
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Place looks like it's in the middle of nowhere. No room for spreading out, they say?

    Anita Marx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So much plants, but there must be a hole in the middle for daylight. Think about the consumption of water.

    Random Anon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah the arcology where you have a self sustaining "city" in a building. This was first thought of in the 60s. And 60 years later, we aren't quite there yet. Maybe another 60 years would do the trick.

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    #18

    Home Shopping In The 1940s

    Home Shopping In The 1940s

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    Hans
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Yep, that looks like I don't need it."

    Amazon QT
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Yep, that looks like I don’t need it.” *click* (you may checkout now)

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    Zoe's Mom
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    QVC-THE SHOPPING CHANNEL SO THEY ARE SPOT ON REALLY.

    Linda Robinett
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The shopping channel is sort of like this. I have known people who have spoken to the host while it was being broadcast.

    Stille20
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be cool if someone could talk you through certain products.... but there would be a certain shame to it a 2 am when you are in your pjs

    Lindsey Judd-Bruder
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And of course she's doing it in the kitchen. 🙄😂😂😂😂

    CRINGY animations
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The people outside in the background tho 👁👄👁

    Mishte Tine
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid (60s-70s), there was ONE clothing store in a bigger town where I got almost all my clothes. I got jeans from our Village Department Store and they were so stiff, dark and un-hemmed it took a while to break them in. I miss those days.

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    Lisa added that “people were inspired by the rise of modern cities and modern factories to imagine that we would enjoy many large, state- or corporate-sponsored public works projects—and that those projects would combine the best of the natural and technological worlds,” and added: “They are wholeheartedly utopian!”

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    #19

    Futuristic Road Trip With The Family (Bruce Mccall)

    Futuristic Road Trip With The Family (Bruce Mccall)

    earthmoonsun Report

    Linus Nilsson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All else aside, is a pizza oven in the car too much to ask for?

    Strahd Ivarius
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a British car, it would include a tea-kettle (like in British main battle tanks)

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    J. F.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a South Park character on the boys laptop?

    Hans
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like it most that the dog has a screen of his own and obviously enjoys it.

    Maddy_BobaTea
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait! on the laptop near the boy, is that a south park character?????

    Paradise
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Said the same thing. I don't think this is an old picture at all.

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    Ryan O'Driscoll
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We just gonna ignore the fact that the kid has South Park on his computer

    Anita Marx
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even the doggie gets a screen for looking to the delicious bones. lol

    Botox
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And future cat doesn't change. It sleeps!

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    CHRISTOPHER BRIDGER
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    are they watching south park? (and no, i'm not talking about popeye)

    David Beaulieu
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could stare at his all day. Dog is watching a bone on TV, and listening to... Kid clearly has South Park on his laptop, is playing a video game and watching football? Mom is eating ga plated dinner and watching 2 TVs (or is that just a photo of Popeye?) Is the pizza oven making a large cookie? All day.

    Kryogen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even the dog is watching his own TV xD

    BlueReaper
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are we forgetting that the pug has dog headphones and is watching a show about bones?

    Amazon QT
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No and it’s something I didn’t think I needed, but I’m gonna go pick me up a pug now.

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    #20

    City Of The Future As Imagined In 1908

    City Of The Future As Imagined In 1908

    PapaP123 Report

    Nea
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A very Hollywoodish imagination

    zims
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's interesting to see how integrated all the architecture and roads are, when the reality is more an individual mish-mash as each building is made by its own designer with no thought to the ones next to it. It would take a massive investment and tons of planning to create such a unified city as depicted. Cities grow organically as people come and go, businesses springing to accommodate their needs. That's why ready-built "cities of the future" often fail. You can't just build infrastructure and hope people will move in.

    Maureen McDermott
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was my first thought too. The first Batman movie made me think of Metropolis as well.

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    DC
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, and now, we'll hire this guy to sort this out a bit ... I think his name is Escher ...

    Pan Narrans
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This picture is from Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis. MC Escher's work a mostly from 30-50 years later. Lang is German, Escher is Dutch.

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    Beau Chevassus
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Coruscant! 🌎 (*also take 1 drive through Montana, and you’ll see we’ve got a long ways to before we’re smashing people together like this. So. Much. Space.)

    Shalini Pabreja
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Asimov envisioned mega cities like the one gown here, surrounded by fully automated, robotic farms tended by droids.

    Hilary Mol
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My apartment has a great view of the city!" "What floor are you on?" "802!"

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    #21

    The Future We Were Promised

    The Future We Were Promised

    PapaP123 Report

    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like Luke's sandspeeder on Tatooine.

    Mad Mar
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's made by Ian Roussel and on his show full custom garage. You can watch him build it. It's a modern reproduction.

    Donald Drake
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a "reproduction", Ian's own design fully. As usual, he designed it on the fly as the project progressed. He is amazing.

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    DC
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it even went way beyond - nuclear driven cars were actually a thing people tried to expect. Unless they were engineers - the dreaming of nonengineers always appears a bit too far and too gone...

    Mark Brown
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually a modern car, custom built just a few years ago by Ian Roussel on the TV show "Full Custom Garage".

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve seen these before. Of course, they were up on blocks and parked in sketchy neighborhoods...

    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohmygoodness I love that paint job! That is beautiful!

    R. Lynx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Partly an early 60's Ford Thunderbird.

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    Meanwhile, Lina Survila, a global tech PR and chief editor at Abstract Stylist, also told Bored Panda that “artists had the perfect vision, and it seems they were very close to the ideas we see today.”

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    Moreover, “Retro futurist aesthetics have touched every possible art form there is. Fashion is no exception. When we think of futurism in fashion and a bright vision of what the future might be, we think of Paco Rabanne. The Spanish fashion designer was active in the '60s and totally disrupted the fashion scene with retrofuturistic designs and his ideas of how people would dress in the future (most likely, that future is now).”

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    #22

    Soviet Vision Of The Future In The 1930s

    Soviet Vision Of The Future In The 1930s

    TarOfficial Report

    Linus Nilsson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, I wont say it... Don't you try forcing me to say it!

    Sum Guy
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually a concept of maglev trains. the design might be wrong, but the technology is being used right now

    Radek Suski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's actually pretty amazing

    Norma
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bullet train Quidditch!

    Kelz
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like an old Tom & Jerry cartoon

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    #23

    Futuristic Netherlands, Drawn In 1970

    Futuristic Netherlands, Drawn In 1970

    molnix Report

    Javiera Gotelli
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are vacation spots in my country with buildings like that. They're the dumbest idea, cause you have zero privacy, hundreds of neighbors and idiotic snobs who pay a fortune for these apartments will tell you they're "exclusive condos"... They're just overprized ghettos, though

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    Fish Boden
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks cool but I'm concerned about the number of windowless rooms in amongst it all.

    Jew
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have stuff like that in Israel, they ain't that fun

    Znaya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It just looks good from a distance, but the concept is still crowding many people into a small piece of land and making as much money as you can

    Jamie S. Martindale
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Netherlands is a great country, tho ... just sayin'

    Mishte Tine
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d love to know more about this.

    Brandi VanSteenwyk
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine how depressing it would be to never actually get to the outside where the fresh air is. And... what if there was an earthquake?

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    #24

    1984 Smart Watch

    1984 Smart Watch

    wooly_mastodon Report

    Shelby P
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how it has a qwerty keyboard...

    Mario Gonzalez
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That natural evolution of the Pip Boy

    Kelz
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats not a watch....thats a weapon to back hand someone with!!

    Coco Chanel
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like Apple's version of Smart Watch much better, thank you very much.

    CRINGY animations
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like u put a watch over a calculator :0

    Hilary Mol
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is how it felt having to carry around those huge graphing calculators for one math class in college.

    James016
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember this being advertised on TV

    Znaya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And try to remember your six digit password 😀

    Tiffiny
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be so annoying!!!!! Reminds me of the wrist board they taped to me after I got an I.V. in my hand. 12 yr old me was not impressed, I moved my wrist and popped the tape off the board. Probably got an I.V. in my arm after that.

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    Retro ideas of how the future would look inspired many creators, artists, and thinkers, “from architect and designer Matti Suuronen (Futuro house created in the 1970s) to writer Isaac Asimov's book The Naked Sun.” Lina added that The Jetsons with their retrofuturistic flying cars also deserve a big shout-out in popularizing the movement’s aesthetics in popular culture.

    #25

    The 2020 Olympics...not 100% Accurate

    The 2020 Olympics...not 100% Accurate

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    Tequila4Two
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was 100% accurate, we just weren't invited. The aliens kept us out because of Covid.

    Danny Bai
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    KATIE SHUT UP NO ONE CARES

    Evil Little Thing
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow Katie, chill the f**k out. I don't even believe in Heebus.

    Tame panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which book is this and who wrote it? I want to buy this book.

    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is still available, Star Travel (World of the Future) originally printed in 1979.

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    Steve Haigh
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is from the Usborne Book of the Future which actually contains quite a few accurate predictions like flat screen wall mounted TVs, online shopping and email. https://www.scribd.com/document/368423009/The-Usborne-Book-of-the-Future-pdf

    Thomas Turnbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why is Katie Potasky is the top post when Jesus has downvoted her comment.

    person (i think)
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the 2020 Olympics were canceled. They might have been exactly like that, but we will never know

    elStiJneriNO
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    high jump 14 meters but the 100 meter dash would take 32 seconds

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    #26

    Monsanto House Of The Future 1957

    Monsanto House Of The Future 1957

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    N G
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I know where some of the Grand Designs lot got their inspiration. Anyone else looking for Kevin McCloud in this pic?

    Pamela24
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am! I miss him, our Netflix only has two seasons and it's literally my favourite show. Love me some Kevin! <3

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    Y T
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does anyone see that that rock looks like a bear??

    Pusfarm
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't realize LSD was still a thing! :)

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    Jack Tripper
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact: when they decided to remove it from Disneyland, they tried to use a wrecking ball, but it just bounced off. They had to cut it with chain saws.

    Kendra Miller
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hat's the show home of how we would use plastics in our future right? Whatever happened to it?

    2WheelTravlr
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, this is the one they installed in Disneyland. It was eventually closed, then torn down. But the tear-down took much longer than anticipated because the darned thing was so hard to demolish!

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    Spaghetti
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd like to live in this though-

    007 bond
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love it can I have one to lol 🤣😎👍

    Lieutenant BaconWaffles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like the Sanzhi UFO pod houses in Taiwan.

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    #27

    Worst Space Suit Design Ever?

    Worst Space Suit Design Ever?

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    Annamagelic
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One thing I appreciate about this is both individuals are equally underdressed. Too often female characters get a bikini while male characters get practical coverage. But this guy forgot his pants too.

    fuggnuggins
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    4 years ago

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    I think actually that trends change and what you see is what is generally preferred. I.e. men are considered more appealing in suits, etc., and women in something revealing. Now, think what it'll all be like when the major demographic is those who think jiggly arses are the purest and most attractive expression of attractiveness.

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    Heike
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's for Covid-19 not for space... Flint Baker is handling the situation pretty well even though the one-eyed people of Mars refuse to get vaccined.

    Jods
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spurt Hammond? Surely a porn star name.

    Hugh Cookson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aaaahhhhhaaa - Flint Baker and the one eyed Monsters ; followed by Spurt Hammond ... no homoerotic imagery there at all ....

    Saoznei
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very stilish way to battle covid... I want one !

    Kelz
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whats going on with her foot?? It looks like the bottom part of a spider leg.

    Botox
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    High heels are necessity for space warriors!

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    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "One-eyed monsters"? Are you sexing the text again Mark? XD

    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s with wearing pants in the future?

    007 bond
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Excellent point ! Bravo 👍☺

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    #28

    This Was An Actual Space Suit Grumman Aircraft Corp Tried To Sell Nasa In 1962

    This Was An Actual Space Suit Grumman Aircraft Corp Tried To Sell Nasa In 1962

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    River Webb
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it looks like a salt shaker grew arms and legs

    Sarah
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't stop chuckling over this one.

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    J. F.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't imagine what led the NASA to not buy it /s

    New Prometheus
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's one small step for a human, one giant leap for a mushroom-person.

    Znaya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of reminds me of those suits that you bump into each other for fun 😀

    Ray Heap
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Major Matt Mason´s heavy duty moon suit. YASSSS! Matt-Mason...ddf4f7.jpg Matt-Mason-Moon-Suit-6054f64ddf4f7.jpg

    Burt McFirkle
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OOOooooo there was also a really cool glider I had at some point...........

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    Beau Chevassus
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Children’s TV shows: “SOLD!” 🤚🏻

    Christina Gude
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tin Woodsman meets Michelin Tire man and presto......this?????

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    #29

    Teen-Agers Of The 21st Century

    Teen-Agers Of The 21st Century

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    N G
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, teen-speak. Incomprehensible to the over 40s in the past, present and future!

    jazz
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a teen and I can't understand it either.

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    Julia Atkinson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I intend to call someone "space pigeon" at the earliest possible opportunity

    François Carré
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not realistic at all. They don't even look depressed about student debt, unemployment and environmental crisis.

    Amelia Bedelia
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "What d'ya say, space pigeon" is my new favorite phrase.

    mph seti
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will have to call my SO "space pigeon" now.

    Cynthia Humphreys
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The poor girls waist is smaller than her leg!

    Ali H M Salehuddin
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, cooking with atomic radiation. Just what I need.

    Earl Grey
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, food irradiation is a real thing, especially with some seafood. It reduces the risk of food-borne illness.

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    #30

    Nuke-Proof Underground City Below Manhattan, 1969 (Oscar Newman)

    Nuke-Proof Underground City Below Manhattan, 1969 (Oscar Newman)

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    Mr Red
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or we could get rid of all nukes...

    Johnny
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How, exactly, would we do that? Just ask everyone to turn them in? I think we tried that with North Korea and Iran.

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    CHRISTOPHER BRIDGER
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    y only 2 ways down. if an elevator fails, how will people get up and down?

    tmw
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think, if you look at the dome, it has other holes in it. if you scroll up the to the top there are other white towers that look like they are a part of the structure, they must be air vents.

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    Sasha Kuleshov
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine living at the bottom, such stress :P

    Jane W.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So THAT's what's under there!

    Jamie S. Martindale
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No fault lines or earthquake zones nearby, one hopes

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    #31

    1980s Future City By Tatsushi Morimoto

    1980s Future City By Tatsushi Morimoto

    jaykirsch Report

    Charlie Charlie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like one of them Dragon Ball cities

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the architect must have been influenced by Monument Valley.

    kjorn
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah... no money could build all this. even with the technology.

    John Baker
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not now, maybe, but in 200 years, who knows?

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    #32

    1979 Phoenix Camper With In Built Pop Out "Tent"

    1979 Phoenix Camper With In Built Pop Out "Tent"

    HaoieZ Report

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Pontiac Aztec was designed to have a tent coming off the back, sort of like this. Terrible car, though.

    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would be cool until there was a huge gust of wind and then you would roll over (or float) onto the cactus. Nah I pass lol

    clive apps
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are actually building things that almost look this this now.

    John Baker
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This wasn't some imagined future thing. You could actually buy this back then.

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    Maureen McDermott
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this based on Barbie's country camper? :)

    Buddy G
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry to tell you all that this was a 1978 Popular Mechanics home project made with plywood and fiberglass based on a VW microbus chassis. Destroy VW microbus, build plywood and canvas camper special on the chassis. The same camper was seen in the Schwarzenegger movie, Total Recall.

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some caravans have this design - very clever.

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    #33

    This "Convenient" Kitchen From '74

    This "Convenient" Kitchen From '74

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    N G
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I had a playset like this once...

    Nevits Yibble
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like an inconvenient kitchen

    Znaya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it also travels 😀

    kathoco
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They got the color wrong - it should be blue and yellow.

    ispeak catanese
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does it spin? Otherwise I'll spend an hour going in circles when trying to cook.

    Nina
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice for a single kitchen. 😉

    kathoco
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    4 years ago

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    #34

    Retro Futuristic Living Room I Painted

    Retro Futuristic Living Room I Painted

    pizza_chode Report

    RadiatorAnkleSpider
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm... is that a stripper’s pole smack dab in the middle of the living room?

    Norma
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, I thought the coffee table was a stripper pole. I'll see myself out...

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not one piece of comfortable-looking furniture in sight.

    Kim St
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at first i thought why did you put a stripper pole in there did i saw the table shadow on the floor.

    Wandaluzt
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was painted a year ago and posted to Reddit by the person who painted it. Exactly how is this a prediction from the last century?

    shado
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why are there so many pole-dancers in the future ... has it like, become a sport or something?

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    #35

    From The Paper Age To The Digital Age (Andy Zito ‘85)

    From The Paper Age To The Digital Age (Andy Zito ‘85)

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    Christine
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? That people in the future would have no idea what a floppy disk was? (jk)

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    Bender Bending Rodríguez
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh the floppy disk that used to be literally floppy.

    Binx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They predicted the colours!

    Slime11IsSus
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    y he stand on save icon?? am i missing something here? hmmmm

    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I miss the paper age. It could have gone to the recycled paper age. Like a paper age 2.0

    François Carré
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Step back and format that floppy disk right now.

    Thomas Turnbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still need paper no such thing as a paperless office.

    #36

    Bus

    Bus

    raknor88 Report

    Anita Marx
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a Kitchen Aid for driving around.

    Radek Suski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It do not fits here. First of all those weren't buses. These actually really existed and were used to present new technologies like microwaves and such

    Aunt Messy
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was a moving display space. The sides opened up and new products were demonstrated at various fairs.

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somehow, I think Gru would like this one. If the dealer threw in the optional rocket booster.

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is real, and gorgeous!! Hope it wasn't scrapped. Where can I see it??!

    Nina
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sweet, without windows ... 😎🕯

    Arctic Fox Lover
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So now, if a kid's ever kidnapped, they won't know it till they arrive! :D

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    #37

    Very Futuristic 1980 Citroën Karin Concept Car - Link To More Pics And Details In Comments

    Very Futuristic 1980 Citroën Karin Concept Car - Link To More Pics And Details In Comments

    jaykirsch Report

    DC
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh ... no. Too wide for no reason ... and it seems to follow a pyramid scheme.

    Daniel Marsh
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Designed so Karins can see what you're doing.

    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How would you bump nasties in that car? (don't down vote me, ya'all were thinking it too lol)

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not very sociable. The poor driver has to sit on their own.

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another greenhouse on wheels that would cook you on a hot day.

    Nevits Yibble
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Retrofuturism is interesting in how it changes over time. 1950s idea of the future: curves, balls, rings, atomic science themes, long cars with rounded corners. 1980s idea of the future: boxy electric cars with sharp corners and large flat windows

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    #38

    Illustrations By James Gilleard

    Illustrations By James Gilleard

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    Mama Panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes me think of Wall-E and those cute lil scrubbers

    Pazuzu
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    was going to say cyberpunk but theres no cars suddenly exploding and flying off into the horizon

    Bird Mom
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is there Braille for the signs?

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    #39

    1927 Concept For A "Desert Ship" (Wüstenschiff) By German Engineer Johann Christoph Bischoff

    1927 Concept For A "Desert Ship" (Wüstenschiff) By German Engineer Johann Christoph Bischoff

    A_Sinclaire Report

    Natasha Romanoff
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly it reminds me of the Sand Crawlers from Star Wars.

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    Jean Thompson
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't fancy it's chances driving over sand, carrying that weight!

    Hermione Granger
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s actually pretty cool!

    Declan Herendeen
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that would be sick in a steampunk videogame

    Corey Smith
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This probably inspired the Sandcrawler in Star Wars.

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    #40

    The Nuclear-Powered Bullet Train From The 1970's Series "Supertrain"

    The Nuclear-Powered Bullet Train From The 1970's Series "Supertrain"

    RyanSmith Report

    Levels of irony
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Close very close just not nuclear powerd

    Random Anon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depending on what powers your grid, we are actually passed this.

    Jon S.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh! You just reminded me to watch that on youtube. I wanna see what car crash entertainment the biggest monetary flop in entertainment (up until that point) was like.

    Bacony Cakes
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We should've went with Broad Gauge. Standard Gauge just leaves you with sadness and Pacers.

    #41

    Kuba Komet, Futuristic Home Entertainment Center From West Germany, Late 50's

    Kuba Komet, Futuristic Home Entertainment Center From West Germany, Late 50's

    jaykirsch Report

    Javiera Gotelli
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Due to its high price (close to us$10.000 in today's money), it was only manufactured between 1957-1962 and there are only about 10 of them.

    Average Grizzlies Fan
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds like something that would end up on "P4wn Stars". (censored actual first word in the show name, so that is why there is a 4 instead of an a)

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    Holly Allen
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tall people walking past it would lose an eye

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could poke out an eye on those sharp corners.

    Max L.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The top part could rotate orienting screen and speakers to the viewers (read on reddit)

    jasper
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG- I would totally put that in my house!

    Kathryn Baylis
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back she they had to specify “West Germany”.

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    #42

    We All Live In A Yellow Airplane

    We All Live In A Yellow Airplane

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    River Webb
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a yellow airplane, a yellow airplane

    Pheebs
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should be aeroplane so you get the correct syllables.

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    Armstrong mcKay
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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg when I look at it it reminds me of cillou -ciyu-

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bet this idea never got off the water!

    YellowOchre
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm giving this an upvote just because of the title lol

    Red Ruffensor
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes the Spruce Goose look like a Cessna.

    Max L.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One with similar proportions was actually built and flew (once), but like pictured, it never would due to weight, let alone frame solidity

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    #43

    Cigarettes, Tape Reels, And Chrome. Enjoy Your Stay In This Retro 70's Luxe Suite

    Cigarettes, Tape Reels, And Chrome. Enjoy Your Stay In This Retro 70's Luxe Suite

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    Fish Boden
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that cannabis? Awesome future!

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish recreational smokers would sit in isolation booths as I'm sick of smeeling it in the street and on people. It smells like used adult incontinence pads.

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    kjorn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brown and orange... yep. it's the 70's

    Robert Bailey
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And an itty bitty monitor above the reel to reels. Sure you can see what's on that screen from the place where people sit.

    #44

    Self-Contained Future 'Jet Ship,' Berkey Acrylic

    Self-Contained Future 'Jet Ship,' Berkey Acrylic

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    Tame panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing. I hope this will become the truth soon.

    Max L.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not with those proportions (frame too weak)

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    Biana Vacker
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How... the proportions... and turning.... how

    #45

    Those Zany 50's

    Those Zany 50's

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    InfectedVoice
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In this context, to beat or improve on 'Will flying saucer buses beat traffic congestion?'

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    Max L.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could move (like an hoovercraft)

    Znaya
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, as always they will make to many and you will have the same problem

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    #46

    Virtual Reality, 90's Perspective

    Virtual Reality, 90's Perspective

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    RadiatorAnkleSpider
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why... would you need the computer monitor if you’re wearing VR glasses..

    InfectedVoice
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many reasons, people still need a monitor to load the game generally, for other people to see, for you to change settings without the glasses on, you may have other non-VR games etc

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    J. F.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given the VR development, quite accurate in some way

    clive apps
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Original VR glasses used a monitor and a shutter system to generate a 3d image

    Mario Gonzalez
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is there a Power Glove involved in this?

    Robert Bailey
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, she's playing go to the virtual office. I've been playing that for a year now.

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    #47

    Ed Emshwiller - A Female Android (1954)

    Ed Emshwiller - A Female Android (1954)

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    elia 84631
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of an episode from Love Death and Robots

    Thomas Turnbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have watched a few of them very strange and definitely over 18 stuff but still good to watch.

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    No Username
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like Mom from the Umbrella Academy

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An early Kardashian photo?

    Y T
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Let me put some more boob in here"

    Daria B
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Designer's choice. A robot can and may not have boobs, wings, horns, tails etc.

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    Thomas Turnbull
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ll have two one for every day and one for special occasions

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the repair bay at Westworld?

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    #48

    Moscow In Xxiii Century. Lubianka. 1914

    Moscow In Xxiii Century. Lubianka. 1914

    wikimedia Report

    Jyri Hakola
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad to think that based on the date this happy utopia have probably been painted perhaps only weeks before few shots were fired in the streets of Sarajevo.

    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And in three years time the monarchy would be overthrown and the revolution started.

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    Seabeast
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The artist clearly thought the Czar would still be in power, going by the Imperial Guard on horseback. If only he could have known what would happen in just 3 years.

    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, had the two world wars and all the other more local wars hadn't happened then who knows?

    Juan Alcorta
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That four-in-line-engine motorbike!

    #49

    Woman In A Tube

    Woman In A Tube

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    N G
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because....?

    J. F.
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to the board behind her " Neoplastic Regeneration therapy"

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    Lathari
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With strategically placed rings for PG rating.

    Logic and Reason
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Fifth Element.

    DC
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either she's made in it, or prepared as a meal. We those futurists sure about cannibalism remaining a not-to-do thing ... ?

    Jean Thompson
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They only save the young and beautiful ones in the future!

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