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Fight the Future
We (especially us Engineers) love to laugh at the prognostications of so-called "futurists" from back in the day. Their wild tales of flying cars, meals in pill form, and daily shuttles to the moon never came to be, and that age doesn't seem to be coming anytime soon.
But in between fits of laughter, modern-day scientists and futurists make predictions about our future that may turn out to be equally outlandish. What if nanotechnology doesn't prove feasible in the next 20 years? What if our refrigerators don't get hooked up to the internet so we can order new groceries?
I'd be interested to hear you guys' thoughts on which of the things we take for granted as "only a few years away" won't ever pan out (at least not anytime soon).
Comments
It appears that my chicken plants were merely a pipe dream. It's a shame, KFC was really interested, too.
Posted by: Charlie at March 29, 2004 6:40 PM
Perhaps they were worried that the chicken plants looked a little too much like birthday cakes.
Posted by: Chris Hill Festival at March 29, 2004 7:16 PM
forget internet-enabled refrigerators. what about the time-travel refrigerators we were promised?
not to mention, Im beginning to doubt that science will figure out how to scan my brain and upload my consciousness into an indestructible robot body and/or convert me into a being of pure energy within the next 60 years. and thats going to be a pretty big disappointment.
Posted by: michael. at March 29, 2004 11:02 PM
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