Miracles of the Future (from 1950)

Been a bit slow with blogging as very busy this week and internet connection in the School has been intermittent, so time to get back to it.

I just love this kind of thing - it's a bit of a truism how visions of the future are always more interesting for how they reflect the fashions and dreams of the present, but it's fascinating nonetheless.

Click here to read the article on Retronaut. They must be surprised to discover we're still using cream and razors to shave our hairy faces, and that disposable soluble plates are not the norm. My particular favourite is the method of cleaning rooms - hose everything down then dry it all with a blast of hot air.

Of course, being a 1950s vision of the future, the cleaning is all done by a "housewife".

And no one ever predicts the internet. It's like the Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - in that book, roving researchers make entries for a galactic encyclopedia, but the book, though electronic, is not remotely updated - you have to go and buy the new one.

It just makes you wonder - what is it that we're not predicting?