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Visions of 1964 World’s Fair Predictions Then and Now
The 1964 New York World’s Fair showcased picture phones and early computer demos that foreshadowed later tech like Skype and Google but faltered due to costs and social norms. It also popularized animatronics with It’s a Small World and robotic figures, while other futurist visions such as lunar colonies and jet packs remained mostly science fiction.
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New York
Lori Walters
University of Central Florida
Walters
IBM
NCR
Google
Siri
Ryan Ritchey
Philadelphia
Bell System