19th century artists imagine the year 2000

[sushi]

Interesting stuff. The contraptions are so cumbersome. And lol to the whale submarine

www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2015/11/16/en_l_an_2000_is_a_series_of_visionary_illustrations_of_the_year_2000_from.html

[LoveTrains]

It's all very steam punk -esque! Like the contraptions but still having steam engines. It's all very mechanical but doesn't imagine all the electronic/computing/digital stuff.

[allthatjazz]

The school picture! We're pretty much there minus the actual caps and wires.

[NewOrleans]

School and breeding are about right. LOL

[ttt]

I want that machine that curls my hair for me.

[ttt]

Also, they were kind of obsessed with normal things being in the air, weren't they?

[ttt]

"Heating with Radium" LOL yeah, not so much

[Deleted]

OMG I want to ride in that underwater whale bus so bad!

[Deleted]

That is SO French lol

[ringstrue]

Many of the concepts are pretty accurate. Helicopter for watching whats on the ground, synthetic sound playing in the performances, Monster truck shows and car racing, factory farming, the roomba as robot floor cleaner, obviously our kitchen gadgets and machines are more numerous.


The flying cops, firemen, and mail men are pretty sweet.

[sushi]

Also love the eagle nest thiefs

[karinothing]

I think it is interesting that they didn't make the fashion an different than what they wore.

[katfco]

There's so much weirdness going on in these two:

[ttt]

Dec 12, 2015 17:55:38 GMT -5 sushi said:

Also love the eagle nest thiefs

I'm fascinated and baffled by this, that apparently this is a technology they felt needed to be invented. 

[fuckyourcouch]

I cannot stop laughing at the whale bus.

The dolphin looks like it's doing a Nelson "ha-ha! I don't have a bus strapped to me! Loser!"