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Transportation Retro-Futuristics

Posted by michael on from the meet-george-jetson dept.

jpatokal writes "Flashback to the future with UC Berkeley's Transportation Futuristics! An excellent exhibition of amazing diagrams on how transportation was expected to evolve, featuring flying saucer buses, airplane escape pods and, yes, monorails. But where are the Segways and SUVs?"

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  1. Back to the Future by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least we know for sure we'll have hovercars by 2015...

  2. monorail by Kujah · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, sir, there's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car MONORAIL!
    What'd I say? Monorail!
    What's it called? Monorail!
    That's right! Monorail!

    ah that loveable Lyle Lanley...

  3. Re:No Transporters? by nz_mincemeat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Very funny Scotty - now beam me back my clothes!

  4. Monorails, schmonorails... by while(true) · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...where's my flying car!?

  5. Where Indeed? by dcollins · · Score: 2, Funny

    But where are the Segways and SUVs?

    Oh, you're looking for the Horror section. One aisle over from the Sci-Fi.

    --
    We know where leadership by an anti-intellectual "strongman" who scapegoats minorities and likes boisterous rallies goes