We’ve seen numerous time periods throughout human history when it seemed like technological innovation was truly never going to slow down. Plenty of folks from older generations would’ve sworn to you that everyone would be whizzing around in flying cars now. If only. Yet, also, that sounds horrendously risky. People have a hard enough time not making fools of themselves on the road. These retro futuristic images pay homage to the rampant imaginations of eras since passed. We clearly haven’t hit that technological utopia just yet.
1. “Before smartphones, there was the Sony Watchman of 1984.”
2. “Concept art from the 1950’s envisioning the next decade.”
3. “This clock in my hospital department.”
4. “1939 Duesenberg Coupe Simone Midnight Ghost.”
5. “1990 Plymouth Voyager 3.”
6. “1950’s Kuba Comet Imperial Home Entertainment System.”
7. “This is how Popular Mechanics saw us living comfortably in space.”
8. “A retrofuturistic baby stroller.”
9. “A UFO from 1972.”
10. “In 1959 George Barris built XPAK 400 air car which actually flew.”
11. “A TV set from 1950s.”
12. “The Big Bus from 1976.”
13. “Rad ’80s technology by NASA.”
14. “Stanley Kubrick didn’t want these prototypes for wristwatches in 1966.”
15. “The Seiko TV watch of 1982.”
16. “The Volvo Tundra.”
17. “A totally rad wrist bot.”
18. “An experimental air-conditioned lawn mower in 1957.”
19. “A retro futuristic clock.”
20. “An automobile on two wheels in 1921.”
21. “My Japanese TV/radio/cassete recorder from the ’70s.”
22. “Only one person showed up for the Zoom call.”
23. “A woman on a typewriter chair back in 1972.”
24. “A personal people mover in 1970.”
25. “A Maserati Boomerang in 1971.”
