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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Freddy on April 27, 2023, 11:01:02 AM

Title: Retro future predictions
Post by: Freddy on April 27, 2023, 11:01:02 AM
Retro future predictions that show how people from the past imagined the future, 1900s-1970s

QuoteHumanity has always tried to predict what the future would look like and this vintage photo collection shows predictions that were either a hit or a miss.

While some people actually managed to predict it rather accurately, many of them look pretty hilarious from today's perspective.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/retro-future-predictions/
Title: Re: Retro future predictions
Post by: Data on April 27, 2023, 11:59:12 AM
I like things like this, the car satnav made me laugh but then again it's not that far from what we have now.

There was a video we posted of a house of the future made in the 50's I think, that was quality too, if only I could find that and add it here.

Good post Freddy  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Retro future predictions
Post by: Freddy on April 27, 2023, 20:55:50 PM
The car sat nav was a bit odd. I do remember those 3D viewers from when I was a child, the round inserts with images on them and you looked through a viewer. I guess they were building on that idea. It would have been very limited though!

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master
Title: Re: Retro future predictions
Post by: Carl2 on May 06, 2023, 00:49:09 AM
A prediction from tesla has said it will make a Tesla mini car in the near future.
Carl2
Title: Re: Retro future predictions
Post by: Data on May 07, 2023, 11:27:13 AM
Quote from: Carl2 on May 06, 2023, 00:49:09 AMA prediction from tesla has said it will make a Tesla mini car in the near future.
Carl2

I see what you did there Carl  :D

Yes a small Tesla would go down well here, I'm sure they would sell plenty of them.