Roombas Were The Future In 1959
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 19 of December , 2008 at 6:25 am
This is it, folks. We’ve made it to the future. According to RCA (remember them? I don’t) waaaay back in 1959, the future would have little robots that would scurry around and vacuum your floors. After finishing, the robot “returns to niche, readies itself for next job.” Sound familiar? It should. The form factor of this “mechanical maid” is very similar to that of the Roomba, albeit with a slightly less rotund personality. Not bad for a 40-odd year prediction… Now where’s my jetpack?
VIA [ Gizmodo ]
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Category: Consumer, Pop Culture
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Comment by Silent_Joe
Made Friday, 19 of December , 2008 at 3:41 pm
Jet pack right here.
Comment by Ryan
Made Friday, 19 of December , 2008 at 5:53 pm
And flying car here.
Comment by TPD
Made Saturday, 20 of December , 2008 at 10:03 am
You don’t REMEMBER RCA?? They’re still around! I can’t believe you haven’t run across them before. Check out http://home.rca.com/EN-US/Rcahome.html to see info about their home electronics and more.