Dec 11
Fifty years ago, the most revolutionary technology of the future was supposed to be the telephone — thanks to some high-tech upgrades just over the horizon, of course. At least that’s what the phone companies kept telling us.
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Dec 10
Thanks to recent confirmation that your every online move is being monitored, trust in the internet seems like it’s at an all-time low. In fact, as we can see from an article published in 1973, we were acutely aware that the future of our interconnected world depended on confidence in the privacy and security of the network before it even existed.
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Dec 09
9 Fun Facts That Are Total Lies
Posted in: Today's Chili
Everybody loves fun facts. But sometimes these little nuggets of trivia can be more fun than they are fact. And sometimes, they’re outright lies. Like these!
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Dec 06
Yes, this "Internet" radio from the late 1960s or early 1970s is real. But no, it’s not the doings of some sneaky time traveler. It’s yet another lesson in how history plays tricks on the future. With words.
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Dec 05
Today the U.S. Navy announced that it successfully launched
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Dec 05
Are Astronauts Still Sexy?
Posted in: Today's Chili
Back in 1962, Parade magazine asked American women about the sexiest professions for a potential partner to have. Doctor topped the list. And somehow writer came in second. But astronaut came in a very respectable third place. Which got us thinking: is being an astronaut today more or less sexy than it was during the build up of the space race?
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Dec 04
"Once upon a time computers were for thinking… That’s no longer true. Computers are for communicating now, and networks allowed that to happen."
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Dec 03
All Over Albany recently posted this futuristic illustration of Troy, New York, drawn in 1916. The image shows Troy in the year 2016: the streets lined with streamlined buses and trolleys, the sky filled with giant airships, and a rather phallic-looking building towering over downtown.
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Dec 03
Pull up a chair and let me tell you about a primitive era in media history: the world of 2003.
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Dec 02
In the late 1950s, many people took it for granted that our skies would be filled with thousands of amazing flying machines by the year 2000. But this posed a design challenge for futurist-minded planners. Where would these flying cars and helicopters land in the cities of tomorrow? In 1957, a handful of designers in London came up with a solution: the Skyport One.
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