It’s crazy to think both how short and infinitely long a century is. You see, Motorola’s DynaTAC, the first cell phone, was launched in 1984 for a price of $3,995. And today, nobody can imagine their life without touch-screen mobiles with integrated Leica cameras and AI face recognition systems that come at much less than Motorola’s initial price.
So imagine how differently people back then perceived the advancements in technology that looked both incredible and life-changing. And they were. But technology, and the world we live in, escalates so quickly that it surpasses our best forecasts for what the future holds.
And this time, we are talking a look at retro-futuristic examples created in the previous century that give us a glimpse into weird and wonderful dreams of the human mind.
#1 An Artists Depiction Of The Future, Painted In 1930
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#2 We Really Messed Up
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#3 Self Driving Cars Of The Future, Circa 1960
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#4 The Future Of Phones, 1956
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#5 1970s Futuristic Concept For Jetliner Air Travel
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#6 2022
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#7 1969 Japanese Vision Of The Future Classroom, The Odd Part Is That Included Small Robots To Rap Students On The Head When Misbehaving
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#8 1940s Vision Of Food Delivery Future
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#9 The 2020 Olympics...not 100% Accurate
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#10 Futuristic Netherlands, Drawn In 1970
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#11 Fashions Of 1950, As Predicted On The Cover Of Life Magazine In 1914
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#12 Soviet Vision Of The Future In The 1930s
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#13 Nuke-Proof Underground City Below Manhattan, 1969 (Oscar Newman)
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#14 VR In 1989
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#15 How Nasa Imagined Life In Space
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#16 James Bond Receives A "Text" Via His Smartwatch In The Spy Who Loved Me
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#17 Monsanto House Of The Future 1957
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#18 A Fifties Navigation System. Don't Know Who Imagined This But I Love It!
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#19 City Of The Future As Imagined In 1908
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#20 1981 Vision Of Suburbia After There's No More Room Left For Suburbs
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#21 Futuristic Road Trip With The Family (Bruce Mccall)
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#22 Television Newspaper - Some Day You May Be Able To Receive The Front Page Of Your Morning Newspaper This Way
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#23 The Nuclear-Powered Bullet Train From The 1970's Series "Supertrain"
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#24 The Future We Were Promised
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#25 1984 Smart Watch
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#26 We All Live In A Yellow Airplane
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#27 Artoo Deco
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#28 Teen-Agers Of The 21st Century
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#29 Worst Space Suit Design Ever?
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#30 This Was An Actual Space Suit Grumman Aircraft Corp Tried To Sell Nasa In 1962
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#31 Self-Contained Future 'Jet Ship,' Berkey Acrylic
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#32 This "Convenient" Kitchen From '74
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#33 1980s Future City By Tatsushi Morimoto
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#34 Home Shopping In The 1940s
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#35 Virtual Reality, 90's Perspective
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#36 Very Futuristic 1980 Citroën Karin Concept Car - Link To More Pics And Details In Comments
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#37 Moscow In Xxiii Century. Lubianka. 1914
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#38 1927 Concept For A "Desert Ship" (Wüstenschiff) By German Engineer Johann Christoph Bischoff
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#39 Bus
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#40 Ed Emshwiller - A Female Android (1954)
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#41 Woman In A Tube
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#42 1979 Phoenix Camper With In Built Pop Out "Tent"
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#43 Retro Futuristic Living Room I Painted
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#44 From The Paper Age To The Digital Age (Andy Zito ‘85)
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#45 Kuba Komet, Futuristic Home Entertainment Center From West Germany, Late 50's
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#46 'ship's Cat' By Keith Spangle
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#47 Cigarettes, Tape Reels, And Chrome. Enjoy Your Stay In This Retro 70's Luxe Suite
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#48 Illustrations By James Gilleard
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#49 Those Zany 50's
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