How Right Isaac Asimov Predicted Technology 40 Years Ago

Frank

Frank

http://www.techhive.com/article/2047815/how-isaac-asimov-correctly-predicted-2014-tech-in-1964.html

The article in question, of course, he wasn't perfectly accurate, but some of them are holy shit levels of close.

Some selected bits.

Gadgetry will continue to relieve mankind of tedious jobs. Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare “automeals,” heating water and converting it to coffee… Complete lunches and dinners, with the food semiprepared, will be stored in the freezer until ready for processing.
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As for television, wall screens will have replaced the ordinary set; but transparent cubes will be making their appearance in which three-dimensional viewing will be possible.
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By 2014, only unmanned ships will have landed on Mars, though a manned expedition will be in the works.
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Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

I remember seeing a list like this about Jules Verne, who was an author I read voraciously when I was growing up. He predicted something about an international telegraph network that sent moving images: essentially anticipating the internet but while living in the 19th century. Awesome.

I don't know much of Asimov's writings, which is terrible as I love sci-fi and all the non-fiction I've read of his. This list is super cool.
 
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