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Technological Flights Of Fancy That Fizzled

Posted by simoniker on from the duck-dodgers-style dept.

prostoalex writes "MSNBC's Alan Boyle takes a look at seven futuristic dreams for the past that never managed to materialize into anything substantial in this 21st century. At the top of the list are flying cars, with personal jetpacks, passenger airships, supersonic commercial flights, space travel and colonies, with propulsion breakthroughs completing the list."

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  1. Wierd, why are there no comments.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its like a monday in here.

  2. Err... by HyperColor+Underware · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    News for nerds, I got that part.

    But stuff that matters?

    Can anybody clue me in?

  3. Re:Passenger airships by kochsr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of course, many people today also agree that "aggree" is spelled agree.