Prediction 1957: Pneumatic Tube Roadways

Re:Prediction 1957: Pneumatic Tube Roadways by thufry on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @11:49PM (#6209847)

Predictions of technology from long ago just aren't interesting, since it's trivial to fantasize about technologies without having to think about implementation.

I can predict today of future flying cars, teleporters, mind-controlled interfaces, Turing-test AIs, electrically powered autonomous airplanes, giant tubes that go through the center of the Earth and take me directly to China, a massive spaceship that takes all of Earth's 20 billion people to a new galaxy in the year 2380, etc. etc.

Doesn't mean that I know anything.

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Re:Prediction 1957: Pneumatic Tube Roadways by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @12:20AM (#6209925)

We are scheduled to have flying cars by 2015 according to "Back to The Future Part 2." I'm sure the car companies will announce something in the next year to get us ready for it. I would just be happy with a hover board.

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