Misguided Projections

But everybody could be a little bit right! Right?

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Image Sources:
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Old flying car:
Below the Fold
Beware the Flying Cars of Progress (Redux)
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Green Sphere Car:
Dark Roasted Blend (Check it out!)
Adorable Micro Cars, Part 3
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Hitachi Ropits:
PopSci
This Tiny Car Drives Itself
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John Wayne:
Aha Wallpaper
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Nelson Muntz:
Simpsons Wiki
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Google Self-Driving Car:
TechSaucer
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Jet Pack:
All Things D
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Disneyland Monorail:
Switched
Fatal Disney World Monorail Crash
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Sydney Monorail:Monorail.com.au
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Bullet Train:
DLR Aerospace Center
Researching the train of the future
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ULTra rail:
io9.com
ULTra Brings Public Transport of the Future to Heathrow
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Pedal Monorail:
Trends Updates
Google Invests $1 Million in Shweeb’s
Bike-Powered Monorail Transportation System - Trends Updates
("Dweeb" is apparently mis-spelled.)
See also Mindful's Transport Future page:
A Pedal-Powered Monorail
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Hot Wheels:
Hot Wheel Racetracks
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Jetsons ©H-B:
Driverless Cars
Driverless cars for the next decades in 4 steps
step 0: today’s self parking feature and Google cars
step 1: partially autonomous driverless cars
step 2: everyone can operate a driverless car
step 3: shared driverless cars
[Ummmmmmm.... about step 4... and 0 and 1...]
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Moving Sidewalks:
XKCD
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Old B&W moving "slidewalk":
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Fast Moving Sidewalks
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Crystal Ball Gazer:
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Top 5 Inner City Small Business Predictions for 2012