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I remember reading about this in Popular Science in 2008. Still waiting.

• melling 4y ago
  Commercial supersonic flight, bullet trains coming to America, nuclear power, solar power, Skylab, Space Shuttle, traveling to Mars. Growing up with Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica,… The future sure looked exciting in the 1970’s. Consider Minority Report is now 20 years old. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film) In 1947 humans broke the sound barrier, and 22 years later we were on the moon. We took a wrong turn somewhere.
  • sethammons 4y ago
    The future is here, now. Everything about smart phones is sci-fi to the 70s. Just missing tricorder heath diagnosis on the device. We didn't get the hoverboards we expected, but Back to the Future style video conferencing from your home? Check
    • melling 4y ago
      I see, we got that so we are satisfied. I think I’m starting to understand where we went wrong. We simply got complacent.