Wild prediction of bizarre gadgets!!!

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It’s human nature to fantasize about the future and predict what life might be like in the future. Over the past eight decades, there have been many wild and outlandish predictions of bizarre gadgets, structures and inter-planetary colonies, all published by magazines, newspapers, books and professors. While some predictions of future technology have seen actualization in the modern world, many such forecasts have not come true.

The Answer Machine

The “Answer Machine,” as it was called in a 1964 publication, was a theorized tool for answering homework problems. Using a typewriter keyboard, the user would ask the machine a question and an answer would quickly appear on the machine’s television screen display.The Internet enabled computer is about the closest thing to the Answer Machine around. The Internet contains tomes of information about any subject you might wish to know about, however the computer is far from a homework-thwarting Answer Machine, and it appears that technology has outpaced this primitive technological prediction.

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Skin Color Changing
In a 1972 film documentary entitled “Future Shock”, it was predicted that as we discovered more about our own genetic make-up, we could opt to change our skin color to any pigment we desired. The segment featured a genetic engineer speaking on the feasibility of the process, describing it as altering certain genetic code in ordthere is no consumer available way to alter your skin color, and most home cooked methods have yielded disastrous outcomes. The technology is still being researched however, the most bleeding-edge findings coming from Harvard Universityer to get the job done.

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roofed city
Dating all the way back to 1949, the roofed city was a prediction made by Professor Archibold Low. The concept represented mankind’s first attempt at controlling the weather. The idea was, in essence, to ***** a massive roof over all of New York City in order to try and control the weather. It isn’t hard to see the impracticality of this idea, as the roof would have to cover hundreds of square miles of city and would not be able to do much except block rain and snow. All the snow that would ultimately fall on the roof might get awful heavy too, no? Needless to say, there were many practical problems with the roofed city, and we still do not have anything like this today.

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The Personal Jet Pack
From the set of Hollywood flicks to demonstrations at Tomorrowland (Disney Land/World), personal jet packs have been talked about since the day the first flying car was dreamed up.The first actual jet packs are said to have been manufactured by the German army during World War II. Since their inception, several functional models have been created; in fact the one used by James Bond in Thunderball was a real pack. The problem with commercial jet packs has frequently been stated as their brief air time capability and the injury risks associated with their use – for example, the harsh landings.

Agnel

Roofed city used to be my dream as a child when I really didn't understand the importance or sun/rain etc

(Chennai used to be very very hot, I wanted a way to escape the heat, hence the roof idea)

Very nice post

Repped!

C.Ronaldo

Great

yeah Roofed City was mine dream too as its so hot here too

But Answer Machine is still a dream

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Originally Posted by Agnel

Roofed city used to be my dream as a child when I really didn't understand the importance or sun/rain etc (Chennai used to be very very hot, I wanted a way to escape the heat, hence the roof idea)

Very nice post Repped!

Originally Posted by C.Ronaldo

Great
yeah Roofed City was mine dream too as its so hot here too
But Answer Machine is still a dream

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