“Smart watch” from 1984.

An all-in-one convenient kitchen concept from 1974.

The future of phones, 1956.

Life Magazine prediction from 1914 of what fashion would be like in 1950.

Self-driving cars of the future, 1960’s.

Home shopping in the 1940’s.

1940’s prediction of food delivery in the future.

1950’s campy future prediction.

Prediction of how the Olympic games in the year 2020 would look, unknown date.

“Television Newspaper” – Unknown date

Futuristic car concept, unknown date.

A nuke-proof underground city in Manhattan, 1969.

“House of the future” concept, 1957.

Future city prediction, 1980’s.

Mockup of a car navigation system, 1950’s.

Virtual reality concept from the 1990’s.

“Futuristic road trip with family” – Art by Bruce Mcall).

1930’s Soviet vision of the future.

James Bond receives a “text” message from his watch in The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977.

A female android in the future, 1954.

1970’s concept of the future of air travel

1980 Citroën Karin concept car.

Home entertainment center concept, late 1950’s.

Artist’s depiction of life in the future, 1930.

“Desert ship” concept from 1927.

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Walkman cassette players

How many of you had one of these bad boys? Do you remember what casettes you listened to? We saw the return of polaroids and record players, so… you never know.

We might see some dude rollerblading by with one of ’em going!

VHS tapes and VCRs

Not only was it extremely satisfying pushing a VHS tape in, the idea that you could physically hold an entire movie in your hands was pretty rad at the time.

Also, displayin your VHS collection like books on a bookshelf was kind of fun. Remember the movies that came with 4 separate tapes, like Titanic?

Boomboxes

I had one of these as a kid, and I distinctly remember falling asleep to my CD (I’m not going to say what it was because I know you lot will tear me apart) every night.

Now, I’ve never personally witnessed a dude walking down the street with one over his shoulder bumping tunes, but one day I’d like to. So let’s bring these guys back, eh?

Rotary Phones

They’re wildly impractical nowadays, so I doubt we’ll ever see them again outside of a museum, but you gotta admit they’re pretty f*ckin cool.

While we’re at it… phones that you can physically slam shut to hang up when you’re pissed off? Bring those back, too!

NES by Nintendo

Simplicity & hours upon hours of entertainment, all in one little console. This was the bees knees at the time, and while I’m more of an N64 guy myself, I can definitely appreciate the beauty of the NES. Which console did you prefer to play on?

Discman CD players

Much like the walkman, the discman had a certain aura about it. The only b*tch was that it skipped far too often, and you essentially had to carry around a small frisbee with cables.

Tube Tvs

You can’t tell me these things weren’t mind-blowing at the time, especially with colour. You can’t help but appreciate it, and I defy you to find someone who wouldn’t be at least a little bit excited to come aross one in the wild.

Old iPods

I don’t think I’ve seen someone use an iPod since the iPhone took over, but I have to say, they were pretty sweet for their time. Not to mention the fun commercials.

Walkie-talkies

Speaking of iPhones, kids these days all have ’em. They’re all Snapchatting and texting each other. What ever happened to the good old days of having a pair of Walkie-talkies and testing the limits of how far you can go with them?

Did any of you guys use Walkie-talkies with your pals growing up?

Burned CDs

This probably falls under the Discman category, but I think it’s safe to say we’ve all burned a CD or 10 at some point. My last car, which I had for 11 years, still had a CD player, and all I used on it were burnt CDs. It was awesome.

Did you ever make a mix for a girlfriend or boyfriend?!

Camcorders

This little gadget is probably responsible for a bunch of great creators that are killing the game today. From fun home movies to… other fun home movies… these things were f*ckin AWESOME!

Pagers

I’m not sure why they became so associated with dads, but pagers kept coming up during my research for this post. So, here it is, to top it all off.

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