As the saying goes, the hard thing about predicting the future is that it hasn't happened yet.
Japanese view of 2011 from the Meiji era (so over 100 years ago)
(https://th3core.com/chat/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flivedoor.blogimg.jp%2Fvsokuvip%2Fimgs%2F5%2Fd%2F5dfdc55e-s.jpg&hash=d06e0bf4147ff27fe7b80a475bba1e6591e230e4)
If bookies were taking odds on predictions, they'd make their money on flying cars.
It looks like they got the helicopter/jumpjet concept, but not wireless.
Another noteable thing that's different is weight (and maybe average age)? They're all lean mean and young in the pic.
>If bookies were taking odds on predictions, they'd make their money on flying cars.
Yeah, I'm pretty sick of hearing about flying cars for the general public. Unless the coming 'self-driving' morphs into 'self-flying' (without the aid of error-prone humans), it's going to require a pilot's license to go anywhere.
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I was kind of impressed with the overall depiction, though.
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Quote from: BoL on December 06, 2016, 07:03:37 AM
They're all lean mean and young in the pic.
Actually, they're all 200 years old. This is the future. They've solved all the medical problems. And what's more, they seem to have done it without wireless communication ;-)
Unless we figure out a way of cheating physics or to have massive amounts of clean energy I don't think we'll have a future with flying cars -- even with all the automation on its way. It is just so much more efficient to roll than to fly.
>lean
They sort of got that right in Japan -- they're the leanest developed country.