These hilarious old photos show what people predicted the future would look like
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Try explaining to Leonardo DaVinci that one day people would create art without a canvas, paints or brushes. How do you comprehensively detail to people in the 1930s that you can put food in a metal box, and it will be hot within two minutes — without coming across as a lunatic?
To people from the previous century, our rudimentary technology today will seem like magic. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t have fanciful dreams of what the future would be like. On the contrary, many inventors and artists rendered visions of what they perceived would be future technology. Let’s look at 15 such drawings, and you can decide if it was spot-on or just outlandish. Tap or click here to take a look inside Toyota’s smart city of the future.
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1. Future FaceTime?
Described in a 1930’s German publication as “Wireless private telephone and Window,” it sure looks a lot like an early version of Apple’s FaceTime or video calling. Our verdict: We think this one is a hit. Even if the flying car is a little bit suspect.
2. Bakery Bus, or UberBread?
While the mode of transport is vastly different from what is being used today, it is rather impressive. Who knew that that food delivery service was dreamt up so long ago? The windows make it easy to see what’s being baked, but we’re not sure how safe that would be.
Our verdict: Definitely a hit. Who wouldn’t want to buy bread from there?
3. Straight Outta Inception
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