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Future Stuff
Introduces hundreds of time-saving, practical, crazy, and outlandish inventions scheduled for arrival in the next century, from the mood suit to the butler-in-a-box
320 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1989
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May 12, 2023
Products the book "Future Stuff" (1989) announced/predicted:
Treadmill desk
Virtual reality (name-dropped: Jaron Lanier!)
Fingerprint scanner
Enzymatic laundry detergent
Biodegradable plastic bag
DVR (listed as "Smart TV")
HDTV
Flatscreen TV
Video on demand
Digital camera (to be used with floppy disks!)
Flash memory
Infinity Pool
Robot dog (remember Aibo?)
Self-checkout
Grocery loyalty cards
Splenda (not by name)
Olestra (by name!)
Koala changing stations (not by name)
CD-ROM (!)
Ebook readers (a display weighing *only 5 lbs*, cabled to a base station)
Kitesurfing
Golf simulators
In-flight entertainment systems
Motion-seat cinema
Touchless faucet
Computer shop-at-home (via Prodigy)
Nicotine vaping
Nicotine patch
Noise cancelling headphone
Computer designed dental crown
Bear spray
Female condom
ED pill (phentolamine, not sildenafil)
Norplant
GPS nav
Rear-view camera
"Do-it-all computer notepad" (very clearly an iPad)
Electric car
And, naturally, many products that modern phones can do.
Some of that writing, though, is extremely cringey.
Treadmill desk
Virtual reality (name-dropped: Jaron Lanier!)
Fingerprint scanner
Enzymatic laundry detergent
Biodegradable plastic bag
DVR (listed as "Smart TV")
HDTV
Flatscreen TV
Video on demand
Digital camera (to be used with floppy disks!)
Flash memory
Infinity Pool
Robot dog (remember Aibo?)
Self-checkout
Grocery loyalty cards
Splenda (not by name)
Olestra (by name!)
Koala changing stations (not by name)
CD-ROM (!)
Ebook readers (a display weighing *only 5 lbs*, cabled to a base station)
Kitesurfing
Golf simulators
In-flight entertainment systems
Motion-seat cinema
Touchless faucet
Computer shop-at-home (via Prodigy)
Nicotine vaping
Nicotine patch
Noise cancelling headphone
Computer designed dental crown
Bear spray
Female condom
ED pill (phentolamine, not sildenafil)
Norplant
GPS nav
Rear-view camera
"Do-it-all computer notepad" (very clearly an iPad)
Electric car
And, naturally, many products that modern phones can do.
Some of that writing, though, is extremely cringey.
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