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Our intrepid blogger bids farewell
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In 1991, Congress authorized $650 million to develop the technology that would make driverless cars a reality
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The Omni Future Almanac predicted that a gallon of gas would be cheaper than a quart of milk
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Mark Zuckerberg wasn't even a year old when a graduate student foresaw the emergence of online personal profiles
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As strange as it may seem today, the automobile was seen by many as the progressive solution to the transportation problems of Los Angeles
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Kids tend to be pretty optimistic, but each generation betrays its own fears about the future
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The famed inventor believed "the solution of our problems does not lie in destroying but in mastering the machine"
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See some early sketches of the cartoon family that shaped our vision of what life would be like in the 21st century
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In 1950, journalist Vincent Sheean argued that renouncing national sovereignty was the only way to prevent nuclear war
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In 1969, Internet pioneer Paul Baran predicted that specialized new media would undermine national cohesion
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When LucasArts was first starting out in the 1980s, the future of video games included holograms, virtual reality headsets and worldwide networking
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Elroy gets in trouble with his robot teacher as we recap the final episode from its first season
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If they can ban alcohol, whats next? No baseball?
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All Jane needs to recover from a case of the blues is a little bit of 19th century Americana
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The Northrup Flying Wing promised a luxurious experience for the air traveler of tomorrow
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As we move closer to the Jetsonian vision of choosing outfits, privacy has gone out of fashion
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eNewspapers were being developed as far back as the 1930s
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The artists and animators working on "The Jetsons" were inspired by the futurist architecture popping up around Los Angeles
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In 1989, "Life" magazine predicted that, by the year 2000, many staples of modern American life might find themselves on the scrapheap of history
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This ill-advised scheme would have put gigantic barges just off the Atlantic coast? Where would it have started? New Jersey, of course
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