Comments on: Home Electronics of the Future, as Predicted 28 Years Ago

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:45:45 +0000

I have the Usborne book of the future and also the questions and answers book of space. I feel that the writers knew the way technology was going because of classified technology that already existed. Same today. The classified is years ahead of the retail technology.

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By: Ike Iszany

Ike Iszany — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:01:27 +0000

We never embraced the one piece jump suit and boots though. Thank God!

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By: juan

juan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:33:55 +0000

Well, we do now have a domestic robot…of sorts.

The Roomba. That round robotic vacuum cleaner that you just turn on and let sweep your floor. (As well as it’s counterparts, the one for the bottom of your pool, the one that cleans linoleum floors, and the one that can clean the gutters on the roof of your house.) Not quite Rosie the Robot, but getting there.

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By: albert

albert — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:29:54 +0000

that was an awesome post a total blast from my (childhood) past as well….

I would love to get my hands on a collection of those books.

do you know if anyone has archived those things into digital format on the net?