Jan. 6, 2022
Thu. 01/06 - 1922's Predictions for 2022 + FOVs (Fish-Operated Vehicles)
A look at predictions for today from a 1922 article in The New York Herald. Plus, move over self-driving cars, introducing fish-operated vehicles. And car commercials in France will soon require advertisers to tell people not to drive.
A look at predictions for today from a 1922 article in The New York Herald. Plus, move over self-driving cars, introducing fish-operated vehicles. And car commercials in France will soon require advertisers to tell people not to drive.
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Links:
- Image 87 of The New York herald (New York, N.Y.), May 7, 1922 (Library of Congress)
- "One Hundred Years From Now" poem by Mary A. Ford (Library of Congress, LOC Serendipity)
- What the World Will Be Like in a Hundred Years (1922) (Hacker News)
- Scientists train goldfish to drive a fish-operated vehicle on land (Ars Technica)
- Not to Alarm Anyone, but Scientists Taught Goldfish to Drive (Gizmodo)
- Scientists Defy God, Teach Goldfish to Drive on Land (Vice)
- Car ads in France soon must encourage more environmentally friendly travel (NPR)
- 'Opt for cycling': French car ads required to back travel alternatives from 2022 (France24)
- French Car Ads Will Soon Be Required by Law to Tell You Not to Drive a Car (Gizmodo)
- Kew scientists name new tree after Leonardo DiCaprio (BBC)
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