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Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot

Things You Do Every Day That'll Seem Crazy in 50 Years

A medical futurist predicts some of the shifts that will happen in health care over the next half-century.

Entertainment | Entertainment

10 supposedly futuristic technologies in movies that look so dated now

Movies—no matter how groundbreaking or vision changing or future defining—are trapped under the limitations of the technology of their time. Which often means that a movie’s imagination of the future is handcuffed with those same limitations. Their

Science & Technology | Technology

10 tech inventions that should really exist by this point

Here's a look at a few of the inventions we want to see, from a hairdryer that saves 20 minutes in the morning to shoes that morph into snow boots.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

The Era Of The Flying Car Has Finally Arrived - Business Insider

Peter Thiel is wrong. His famous comment on the failed promise of the internet — "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters" — is about to be upended as the first actual flying cars take to the roads and skies.

Science & Technology | Tech

This is your future smart home — and no, it doesn't look like 'The Jetsons'

Your future smart home will be fully web-connected, but it won't look as stark and robotic as you'd think.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid-Century!

When Will 1958's World-Wide TV of the Future Finally Get Here? 

The living room of the future was supposed to be interactive. It was supposed to have all the world's media at your fingertips. And above all, it was supposed to have a big ass TV. Today, Americans can buy enormous TVs for relatively cheap. But we're stil

Science & Technology | Tech

Flying Car Concept - This Futuristic Car Turns Into A Helicopter And An Airplane

Arizona-based Krossblade Aerospace Systems is planning to build the world's first practical, flying car. It's called the…

Miscellaneous | Mid Century

The Jetsons Amusement Park Ride That Never Was

Bruce Bushman was a designer whose name you may not know, but whose work you've almost certainly seen. He worked on everything from the design of the Disneyland castle to episodes of The Flintstones TV show. But there's one project that Bushman worked on

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

What 1967 Thought 2001 Would Look Like!

Walter Cronkite, 1967, sitting in the living room of the Home of the 21st Century: "We could watch a football game, or a movie, shown in full color on our big 3D color screen. The sound would come from these globe-like speakers." His vision is reasonably correct...