When Generation X dreamed about the future, we pictured either a technological paradise with flying cars, helpful robots, no illness and rocket ships or we pictured a wasteland brought on by some human action. Neither came true (luckily in the latter), but we’re still a ways off from where we thought we would be by now. In this Backtrack we look at what we thought the future would hold and discuss some of the things we thought we would have and don’t, and what we have that we never would have predicted.

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Show Notes

• World Fairs » bit.ly/2CIcp7u
  


• How close are we to the Jetsons? » bit.ly/2EvcvB0
  


• Hover boards: Expectations vs. Reality » bit.ly/2pSFuVt
  


• Wearable tech predictions for 2018 » bit.ly/2kseZ6O
  


• The first video phone » bit.ly/2EmrAVN
  


• Demolition Man on Amazon » amzn.to/2QPkaeK
  


• A Self Drying Jacket on Kickstarter » kck.st/1Xz4Fcp
  


• Nike’s self tying shoes » www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nz5x6EtSyI
  


• How ill VR change the world? » bit.ly/2EXzUaj
  


• Get a fingerprint door lock for your home on Amazon! » amzn.to/2QPkpqa
  


• Will flying cars ever happen? » bit.ly/2RSSmYD
  


• How robots are being used today » sciencing.com/robots-used-in-everyday-life-12084150.html
  


• Jetpacks are here! » www.jetpackaviation.com/
  


• Putting voices in your head » bit.ly/2QLJF0K
  


• Moon bases being planned for now » nbcnews.to/2p9I7S0
  


• Can we colonize Mars? » to.pbs.org/2PABkNl
  


• Living in domes » bit.ly/2P6nlSt
  


• Teleporting in real life (sorta) » bit.ly/2RQyHs8
  


• Real laser test by Navy » youtu.be/jIxugT-QiEI
  


• How close are we to a Tricorder? » bit.ly/2suXk0l
  


• Did we forget about MAD? » bbc.in/2CIYzlr
  


• Email the show » podcast@genxgrownup.com
  


• Visit us on YouTube » GenXGrownUp.com/yt
  

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