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These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

Credit: Rare Historical Photos
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Family Road Trip of the Future

This depiction of a future road trip isn’t accurate, because it’s too distracting. Credit: Rare Historical Photos

This illustration was made by an artist named Bruce Mccall, who was famous for designing covers for the New Yorker. There is so much going on in this image, and you can find something new every time you look at it. There are multiple screens in the car, and the kids are preoccupied with video games and playing the keyboard. Even the pets have something to keep them occupied. The giant screen in Tesla vehicles are the only thing that even remotely looks like this. However, all of this stimulation would be very distracting to the driver. Even though all of this is technically possible to build into a car, safety protocols would prevent anyone from doing so.

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