tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-26082778945576618192008-04-30T22:46:00.000-04:002008-04-30T22:45:50.599-04:002008-04-30T22:45:50.599-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/SBksq2NCB-I/AAAAAAAABeo/mUIya-UB_bI/s1600-h/1945-March-Popular-Science-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/SBksq2NCB-I/AAAAAAAABeo/mUIya-UB_bI/s400/1945-March-Popular-Science-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195232759764879330" /></a><br />The cover of the March, 1945 issue of <i>Popular Science</i> shows a streamlined bubble-top bus onto which passengers deplane. If we notice the less fantastic predictions of this illustration, (specifically, widespread passenger air travel), we find that this vision was largely realized.<br /><br />See also:<br /><a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/08/airport-of-future-1967.html" target="_blank">Airport of the Future (1967)</a><br /><a href="http://www.paleofuture.com/2007/08/fullers-traveling-cartridge-circa-1960s.html" target="_blank">Fuller's Traveling Cartridge (circa 1960s)</a>Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416matt@paleofuture.com