'Atomic Reactor'
'In the kingdom of man, man can transform nature'
'The human voyage - the city of the future, quiet, clean, airy and easy to use'
'More and more the computer will take the place of the human brain'
'The home computer will look after and entertain the family'
'Car of the future'
'Tomorrow's transport'
'Elevators in the city of the future'
'Opening a radioactive tube with remote controlled tools'
'Temporary lunar settlement'
Images drawn from Mondorama 2000
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This capsule was curated by Charles-Henri De Pierrefeu from Mondorama 2000
Wow. A few of these are pretty spot-on, like the radioactive tube chamber.
Loved these sketches! Reminded me a little of the great of Chesney Bonestell etc. (I have a book somewhere!)
A bit worried about about the future of certain christian names though: ‘More and more the computer will take the place of the human brian’
‘More and more the computer will take the place of the human brian’
Poor Brian.
LREKing. I’ve changed it to the more usual spelling. Thank you.
what a flashback! I had that book when I was a kid!
LOL you know, I’ve seen elevators like the ones in the picture, they tend to put them in luxury high rises. Still, it’s cool to see the thought processes here.
Those mechanical arms for handling dangerous materials are called “Waldoes”. Robert Heinlein invented them in the story “Waldo”.
Ah…The heady days before neo-liberal economics told us to aim for the gutter…
It was the right-wing economics of outsourcing our jobs overseas that has sent the middle class into the gutter.