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The Jetsons, Now 60 Years Old, Is Iconic. That’s a Problem.
"Science was cool, technology was blossoming, and more and more Americans were dreaming of owning their own homes, replete with the latest gadgets. The Jetsons took that dream and supercharged it."
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Still the Same
Nineteenth-century critiques of technology show how longstanding many current concerns are
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The Teeniest Tiniest Laptop In The West
The GPD P2 Max is a hyper-powered cross between a palm pilot and an ultrabook - it's a cyberdeck by any other name... The early 1990s were a great time to be a kid. There was the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation, we were constantly being reminded that Greed was Good, and it marked the advent of truly portable computing.
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Blade Runner's vision of tech in November 2019
The cult classic was set in today's world, but how many futuristic predictions did it get right?
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Spotify, YouTube, and others get reimagined as retro anime tech
Artist Sheng Lam is behind the satisfyingly chunky designs
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Retrofuturism: 15 futuristic car concepts of the 1980s
By the mid-80s the angular shapes, straight lines and planar surfaces that characterized the automotive design language.
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This Futuristic 1966 Ford Ranger II Concept Truck
1966 Ford Ranger II concept truck with a futuristic look created with a streamlined windshield, high-intensity head lights of rectangular design and Clearwater Aqua finish. Syd Mead created a design for a convertible Ford pickup, similar to the modern Chevrolet SSR.
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The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton
“‘None that have gone before me knew what love was, none that come after me will ever know what happiness is.’” By Mark Twain. (Mar. 1878)
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Meet Your iPhone’s Grandparent
How the calculator morphed into the pocket computer—the predecessor of today’s smartphones
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1980s Amiga has been running the AC and heat in 19 schools for 30 years
The Grand Rapids Public School district took a big step into the future back in the 1980s when it used money from an energy bond to purchase a Commodore Amiga computer.
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End of the world: MIT prediction from 1973 is proving true
An MIT model predicted when and how human civilization would end. Hint: it's soon. By Paul Ratner.
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What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past?
Four nineteenth-century authors offered blueprints for a better world—but their progressive visions had a dark side. By Adam Gopnik.
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Idiocracy (2006) [Trailer]
Mike Judge
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How communist Bulgaria became a leader in tech and sci-fi
Tech flourished in communist Bulgaria and so did a body of science fiction asking vital philosophical questions. By Victor Petrov.
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How a $10 Billion Experimental City Nearly Got Built in Rural Minnesota
A new documentary explores the “city of the future” that was meant to provide a blueprint for urban centers across America. By Lorraine Boissoneault.
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How science fiction feeds the fuel solutions of the future
Fantasies about new power sources for human ambitions go back a century or more. Could these past visions energise our own future? By Iwan Rhys Morus.
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Philip K. Dick and the Fake Humans
We live in Philip K. Dick’s future, not George Orwell’s or Aldous Huxley’s. By Henry Farrell.
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Lessons for the Coming Utopia from the World's Fair Future of 1939
The future, according to the folks who make the renderings, will be built mostly around whooshing. The details differ from one imagined utopia to the next, but the broad strokes are the same. Cars will run on electricity, drive themselves, even fly. Networks of vacuum tubes and tunnels will connect cities to each other and to the hinterlands. Supersonic jets will turn transoceanic journeys into river crossings. The burning of fossil fuels will seem as remote and unsavory as human sacrifice. Trees will blanket the urban centers; the air will refresh our lungs instead of blackening them.
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My Life After 44 Years In Prison
This man essentially time travelled 44 years. (Dec. 23, 2016)
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The 17th-Century Moon Mission That Never Got Off the Ground
Dr. John Wilkins’ lunar ambitions were a little too lofty. By Natalie Zarrelli.
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