gee, well they got the basic concepts of many of those things right, the actually technology use to achieve it though was something they got ridiculously wrong. Examples of some of what they got right: Roller skates Electric Trains (Bullet Trains) Helicopters TV or Video Phone (VOIP or Webcam)
Also podcasts, armoured cars with guns, segway - http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/03/no-one-will-walk-all-will-have-wheels.html moving pavement (at airports) - http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/04/postcards-showing-year-2000-circa-1900.html tv, police x-ray scans. What i found the coolest though is domed cities with glass like roof. I wish we had those. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
What this say about prediction of our future: 1. We will probably get the basic concept right. 2. We will be laughed at how wrong we get the technology. 3. Fashion is beyond prediction.
http://www.paleofuture.com/ is a cool site Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I somehow miss that we didn't have underwater railways though... would look awesome! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Their airship idea also came an early twenty years after their prediction of intercontinental airship travel.
