The future ain’t what it used to beSend suggestions to @tedpTumblr (3.0; @future-drama)http://future-drama.tumblr.com/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63784924" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Square Stand, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/50580203205http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/50580203205Thu, 16 May 2013 11:23:01 -0400square<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/30lKLG6mzNk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lacoste Polo of the future. (what?)</p> <p>(thanks <a href="http://instagram.com/goldendolphinnyc">Drew</a>)</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/50436791275http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/50436791275Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:35 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yRrdeFh5-io?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google Glass, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49566906801http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49566906801Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:54 -0400google<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XluovrUA6Bk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>What the internet looked like in 1995</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49490572093http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49490572093Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:33 -040090s<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/65246801?byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Instagram, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49450412396http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/49450412396Thu, 02 May 2013 14:43:26 -0400instagram<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tew__Byowgg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Nissan “Towards 2000”, 1983</p> <p>Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/pts">@pts</a></p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/48305007647http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/48305007647Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:46:00 -0400Nissan80s<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Lep_DSmSRwE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home">Home</a>, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/47128054888http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/47128054888Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:59:00 -0400facebook<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4001b819ba408f767c71e4496501e2cc/tumblr_mkp7fj294i1r6qraco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ac649c367e5e88163760f8c4278beb57/tumblr_mkp7fj294i1r6qraco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Architect Walter Jonas’s Intrapolis, 1962</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/47049971127http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/47049971127Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:23:43 -040060sarchitecture<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IE0tKalLsTU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Northrop, Airplane of Tomorrow, 1948</p> <p>via <a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2013/03/postwar-dreams-of-flying-in-style/">Paleofuture</a></p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/46003114492http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/46003114492Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:14:45 -040040s<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GDCED88IZP4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/45805267495http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/45805267495Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:13:39 -0400google<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YaQQHYQHnMk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Facebook news feed, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/44796560417http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/44796560417Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:59:20 -0500facebook<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/53848218" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Outbox, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/44068310502http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/44068310502Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:50:34 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v1uyQZNg2vE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google Glass</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/43568954678http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/43568954678Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:50:02 -0500google<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3jVxPCECjz8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>‘Libra’ — a 40 minute video about space colonies made by the libertarian group ‘World Research, Inc.’ in 1978, set in 2003. <a href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2013/02/libra-the-21st-century-libertarian-space-colony/">more info</a></p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/43177048017http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/43177048017Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:39:02 -050070s<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FyghLnbp20U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Masdar, 2008</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41847507809http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41847507809Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:31:00 -0500Masdar<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V6DSu3IfRlo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Walter Cronkite tours the home office of 2001 (also the <a href="http://youtu.be/ituFqnI0ANo">living room</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/gZBryYvRfFI">kitchen</a>). Filmed in 1967.</p> <p>I like this prediction from the kitchen segment:</p> <blockquote> <p>When I’ve finished eating, there will be no dishes to wash. The used plates will be melted down again, the leftovers destroyed in the process and the melted plastic will be ready to be molded into clean plates when I need them next.</p> </blockquote>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41818504234http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41818504234Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:26:00 -050060s<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cdgQpa1pUUE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google self-driving car, 2012</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41450774374http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/41450774374Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500Google<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VuNTL3YYi5c?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Google Search App, 2013</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/40940476964http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/40940476964Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:54:51 -0500Google<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Lo_1pyQ7xvc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Charles and Ray Eames for Polaroid, 1972</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/40705458453http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/40705458453Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:24:28 -050070s<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/56021646" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Path, 2012</p>http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/38404565520http://future-drama.tumblr.com/post/38404565520Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:42:51 -0500