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25 Images Of What The Future Was Meant To Look Like
The future is now, but the future is also 10 years from now. Things are changing so insanely quickly these days that it's hard to keep up with everything new. Technology is advancing faster than ever before which is amazing and scary all at once. There are pieces of technology out there that couldn't have even been thought of 50 years ago. It is cool to think about this, but it makes it harder to predict what the future might have in store. At this point, anything is possible.
Back in the day, people had some wacky ideas about what the future would look like. People have made many predictions about the future, some of which have come true, others are still waiting. Whether it's a prototype of some futuristic product, a drawing of a future concept or way of life, or some old gadget that seems really modern, people have interesting ways of thinking about the future.
From flying cars to virtual reality, there are many ideas from the past that have almost made it to the future, but not quite. Enjoy some retro images and old artworks depicting what the modern age was meant to look like.
The General Electric 70 MeV electron synchrotron, a particle accelerator used for radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients with radiation from 1956 to 1964
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The crew of a NASA Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird standing by the aircraft in their pressurized flight suits, 1991
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Telefonoscope, imagined by the French astronomer and science fiction author Camille Flammarion in La Fin du Monde, 1894
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