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Old 01-03-2014, 09:25 AM   #16
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I like his misses better - moon colonies, floating cars
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Old 01-03-2014, 10:33 AM   #17
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Yep, and/or like nostradamus, throw out enough cryptic, confusing, authoritative statements and something is bound to either fit or be 'interpretable' as fitting.
But Asimov wasn't claiming knowledge of the future, of course.

I must admit to probably being guilty of interpreting his words about communication devices to fit. I suspect he was actually thinking of fixed devices, not portable devices one could keep in a pocket.
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Old 01-03-2014, 11:23 AM   #18
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Old 01-03-2014, 11:31 AM   #19
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Both are used daily in a number of commercial buildings (including one right next to me), however I do doubt it will get much residential use. Too many people like matching the drapes to the sofa...

ETA: By the way, the self darkening/polarizing glass is used by millions in every day in Transitions eyeglass lenses.
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you missed the ETA added after you replied. I have had Transitions lenses in my glasses for decades.
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Old 01-03-2014, 11:59 AM   #20
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Old 01-03-2014, 12:08 PM   #21
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Old 01-03-2014, 12:12 PM   #22
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Well, we are still one year away from floating (hover) cars according to the movie Back to the Future.
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Old 01-03-2014, 12:18 PM   #23
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Yep, that's one very interesting aspect of being a long time SF reader. I do think many of the things 'predicted' -- while being somewhat reasonable -- were also in mind by scientists and engineers when developing new products and technologies. The first step is always to imagine it!
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Old 01-03-2014, 12:19 PM   #24
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Well, we are still one year away from floating (hover) cars according to the movie Back to the Future.
At least we got Drone Delivery of Amazon products.
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Well, we are still one year away from floating (hover) cars according to the movie Back to the Future.
Hover cars and flying cars aren't really the optimal solution. They just waste too much energy. Unless we do the impossible and find energy efficient anti-grav or some other superior energy storage method they aren't going to happen...

Those pesky physics... Lifting things off the earth is really costly in the end...
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Old 01-03-2014, 12:21 PM   #26
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They were floating Volkswagans across flooded Van Nuys intersections when I was in High School (1960's)
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Well, I remember being told during my studies that "video calls will never happen because the bandwidth demand is too large". What would you know...
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Yep, that's one very interesting aspect of being a long time SF reader. I do think many of the things 'predicted' -- while being somewhat reasonable -- were also in mind by scientists and engineers when developing new products and technologies. The first step is always to imagine it!
I thought the first step was to determine the target market and if it would be more profitable than what the current market is using.
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Video calls have been predicted ever since the telephone was invented. We even get flying cars in this essay (but are spared pneumatic tubes).
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