The future is now, but it is also 10 years from now. Things are advancing so quickly these days. Technology is evolving faster than ever before, which is amazing and scary all at once. There are inventions and pieces of technology out there that never could have been imagined a few decades ago. These changes makes it hard to predict the future, and 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, and 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, yet very modern gadget.
The internet has immortalized many images of what people thought the world would look like now. Here is a collection of 24 concepts, ideas, prototypes and pieces of art showcasing what some people thought the world would look like by now.
Carl Fisher, some day he'll come along, 1966
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Oceans of Venus
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Mass shaving machine from the past
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Luigi Colani airplanes
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Inside a Skaro Saucer, 1965
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Monorail car rides ordinary tracks, 1935
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Closer than we think… 1958
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A futuristic taxi
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Silent running, 1991
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Changes against mutants
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The fishbowl prototype
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Honeywell Briefcase Computer concept, 1968
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Tokyo Bay Boat Race, 1983
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Journey into the solar system, 1962
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Visions from the future, 1960
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In 1900, French artists drew what they thought 2000 would look like
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The world as imagined in 1900
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Luigi Colani's aircraft from 2005
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Abandoned Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria
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The cover of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1964
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1962 Ford Mustang concept car
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The Whirlpool Corporation's 'Miracle Kitchen of the Future', 1957
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Early hairdryers, 1930s
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April 1965 Space World cover art
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