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Supersonic Airplanes and the Age of Irrational Technology
Was the Concorde a triumph of modern engineering, a metaphor for misplaced 20th-century values, or both? By Dara Bramson.
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Isaac Asimov FAQ
Answers to frequently asked questions about Isaac Asimov and his works
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Retro Future Fashion: Predictions That Did and Didn't Come True - Eco-Chick
A look back at what we thought we'd be wearing in future fashion.
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Cars From Another Universe: Bizarre Motor Vehicles That Never Caught On
When it comes to motor vehicles, history is filled with curious also-rans. If the inventors of these contraptions had had their ways, our streets might be filled with single-wheeled cars, gas-fueled chariots, and armor-plated snowmobiles.
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1950s fashion from the cover of Life Magazine, 1914
In 1914, nudity was easy to imagine, but not gentlemen in public without hats... By Cory Doctorow.
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How French Artists in 1899 Envisioned Life in the Year 2000: Drawing the Future
Atomic physicist Niels Bohr is famously quoted as saying, “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.” Yet despite years of getting things wrong, magazines love think pieces on where we’ll be in several decades, even centuries in time.
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How Experts Think We'll Live in 2000 A.D. (1950)
The December 27, 1950 Robesonian (Lumberton, NC) ran an Associated Press article titled, "How Experts Think We'll Live in 2000 A.D." The article covered the future of movies, commercial flight, space travel, medicine, and women, among many other topics. The entire piece has been transcribed below.
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The Man Who Shaped Tomorrow
“Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk,” an illuminating exhibition at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art, traces Muller-Munk’s evolution from craftsman of precious objects to stylist of household appliances. By Martin Filler.
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Here’s How Artists in the Late 1800s Imagined Life in the Year 2000
At the turn of the previous century, a group of French artists were asked to imagine the year 2000 by illustrating what kinds of scientific and everyday de
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Declassified: U.S. Military’s Secret Cold War Space Project Revealed
Newly released documents describe the U.S. Air Force’s secret cold war project known as the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). By Leonard David.
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We Thought We’d Be Living in Space (or Under Giant Domes) By Now
An inflatable space habitat test highlights the quirky visions we've had for the future of housing, from cities under glass to EPCOT. By Erin Blakemore.
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The Lost Childhood’s End
A Tale of Phil DeGuere, The Late 1970s, and Arthur C. Clarke’s Classic Novel. By James Burns.
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Relics of the Space Age
“Abandoned in Place,” a new book of photographs by Roland Miller, finds haunting beauty in derelict launch pads, rusting towers and other detritus of the American space race. By Kenneth Chang.
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Bohemians, Bauhaus and bionauts: the utopian dreams that became architectural nightmares
The theme of the inaugural London Design Biennale is Utopia to mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s classic. Director Christopher Turner remembers the architects on a mission to make the world a better place.
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42 Visions For Tomorrow From The Golden Age of Futurism
It's 2015. But sometimes it feels like our futuristic dreams are stuck in the 1950s and 60s. And there's actually a good reason for that. By Matt Novak.
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Science Fiction Science Fact SF2 (1987)
John Bluck, NASA Lewis Research Center and Dr. Carrie Heeter, Michigan State University
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Could this be the first nuclear-powered airliner?
A supersonic airliner that flies at three times the speed of sound – and runs on nuclear fusion. Stephen Dowling investigates the challenges of making airliners run on atomic power.
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The hidden base that could have ended the world
In the 1970s and 80s, crews sat at constant readiness in nuclear missile silos buried in the Arizona desert. What would have happened if they had got the order to launch? By Richard Hollingham.
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The Man Who Invented Intelligent Traffic Control a Century Too Early
With traffic accidents soaring, Charles Adler imagined an intelligent transportation system that was ahead of its time. By Lee Vinsel.
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Ray Kurzweil Is Talking Bullshit Again
For decades, Ray Kurzweil has consistently been wrong about the future. But people still listen to him for some reason. By Matt Novak. (July 26, 2016)
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