In the 1950s, people thought that their future would be made up of flying cars and interplanetary travel which would be easy and accessible to all. Today, however it is not so. We make you discover some comparisons between the future imagined 60 years ago and today’s world.
1. Solar Car
And here is what solar car of today looks like
2. Houses protected by a bubble
Today we still need to protect our house with an alarm
3. Giant corn plantations
And this is what we can grow today:
4. Automatic robots in a warehouse
Amazon uses this technology today
5. A school of the future with screens
Today, tablets have appeared in classrooms
6. Large machines to rescue and evacuate people during disasters
Today, these buses are used
7. Flying Car
And here is the AeroMobil:
8. A postman that delivers mail using a jetpack
Today, postmen always travel with their bikes
9. A highway between the United States and Russia
Today, you always go through it to make the trip:
10. Space travel will be frequent
Today we use the space shuttles and rockets
11. Watching TV on a watch
And here is a connected watch:
12. A very strange police motorcycle
And here is what the police uses today:
13. A driverless car
Here is the Google’s driverless car:
14. A machine to control the weather
Today, we still need an umbrella
15. A huge TV screen
This is the screen “Zeus” measuring 9 meters diagonally:
16. An escalator to go directly to the plane
Today, in many airports, we can find this type of treadmill:
17. Tranquilizers gas to be used in protests
Today, the security forces use tear gas
18. An electric car
Today, electric cars are self-service in some cities
19. An emergency assistance vehicle
Today’s assistance vehicle:
20. A ticket machine that can recognize the voice of the customer
Today, ticket machines are present in many supermarkets
21. A snowplow that melts snow
Today, our snowplow merely pushes the snow
22. A police station to monitor a city
Today, this technology is already operational
23. surgery with robots
Today, surgeons sometimes use robots to operate their patients
24. Ultra-technology firm
Now some farmers use this type terminals to control their operations:
25. missiles against fire
Today we use planes against fires
26. A house that rotates following the sun
Today, this house exists and is called DOMESPACE
27. A futuristic shopping center
And here’s what our shopping centers look like:
28. A circular runway
Today, some of our runways have this form
29. Fire vehicles that fly
Today, firefighters can run and fly
30. The train of the future
And here’s what they look like our trains today:
These few comparisons are surprising. While many technologies of the future, fantasized in the 1960s, are still far from having been created, others are already in our lives.