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These ads aren’t just relics of a bygone era; they’re time capsules of hope, dreams, and some seriously wonky predictions.
AT&T accurately predicted our reliance on technology in 1993.
Seagram’s Whiskey Company predicted the evolution of sports bars as a popular recreational locale for future Americans.
A flying, driverless car, 1960.
Futuristic Food Delivery, 1940s. They were definitely onto something.
Spherical train like transport; 1946.
A hotel on wheels from the year 2000.
Advances in technology resulted in claims of futuristic “scientific matchmaking” to identify the perfect human mates. Dating app algorithms try and do the same thing.
“Sea cities” in the 60s proposed as a solution to overpopulation.
Fast home food delivery, no driver needed.
Why aren’t portable air conditioners a thing?
The Segway was predicted more than thirty years before it came.
In 1901, it was predicted that by 2001 New York City would become a city in the clouds wherein people traveled by balloon.
In 1901, it was predicted that by 2001 New York City would become a city in the clouds wherein people traveled by balloon.
This screen is the equivalent of a Kindle. We did it better than predicted.
This screen is the equivalent of a Kindle. We did it better than predicted.
Driverless cars have been a concept for a long time.
An express ocean liner in the year 2000. 1931.
Walking on water in the 1800s.
The bright side of atomic energy.