web watch 2006 - yesterday’s tomorrow, today
It's safe to say that in today's techno-savvy world we're all constantly keeping an eye out for the next big thing.
Robot vacuum cleaners, self-driving cars and a virus-free internet seem to be right around the corner -- but will all our dreams come true?
At Charlie's site we can see proof-positive that the future never looked as good as it did in the past.
Charlie is working his way through a goldmine of vintage Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines and posting some of the more prescient articles he finds.
While some of the inventions highlighted might have seemed far-fetched even at the time, some ideas -- like selling milk in paper bottles and wind-generated electricity -- have actually come about.
Keep in mind while reading the articles to never trust bold predictions like "640K of memory should be enough for anybody" no matter who might be making the claim – huh?
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